he firebrand BJP leader Bandi Sanjay Kumar, credited with reviving the party’s fortunes in the state when it has just one legislator, was amply rewarded by the party leadership with a berth in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third Cabinet. Sanjay in the recent elections retained the Karimnagar Lok Sabha seat, winning with a margin of over 2.25 lakh votes.
Sanjay was the vehicle incharge when BJP leder L.K. Advani embarked on his rath yatra from Somnath to Ayodhya, that laid the foundation for the party’s agitation for a Ram temple.
The 52-year-old Sanjay hails from the powerful Munnuru Kapu community of the Backward Classes. He served as the youngest president of Telangana BJP from 2020 to 2023. His term was the most turbulent in the recent history of BJP, as he took out several movements and rallies against the then-ruling BRS and recorded impressive wins for the party.
This included a statewide padayatra in five phases as well as intense protests over the leakage of exam question papers under the then BRS government. The BJP made record gains in the GHMC elections and stood second, its tally going up from four to 44 seats. During his tenure as BJP state president, the party, against all odds, won the byelections to the Dubbak and Huzurnagar Assembly constituencies, lifting the morale of the party and strengthening it for the battles ahead.
He has been associated RSS right from his childhood days. Later he joined ABVP, the student wing of the BJP and served as convener .
