The man who left two CM faces red-faced

Katipally Venkata Ramana Reddy, who had killed two birds with one stone during the recent Telangana Assembly elections by defeating two formidable leaders — former CM K Chandrashekar Rao and present CM A Revanth Reddy — in the Kamareddy Assembly constituency, is a rare politician who tamed teeming land issues on his home turf to settle political scores. In a conversation with The Pioneer, Venkat Ramana Reddy shares details of his education, entrepreneurial journey that was cut short and politics. In a free-wheeling interview with NAVEENA GHANATE, he speaks about suspending education at Intermediate and shutting down decades-old businesses for a lift in politics.