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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1938)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox office holder
| image               = The Deputy Chief Minister, Shri K. E. Krishna Murthy (cropped).jpg
| name                = K. E. Krishna Murthy
| image_size          = 200px
| caption             = 
| birth_name          = Kambalapadu Ediga Krisha Murthy Goud
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1938|10|2}}
| birth_place         = [[Dhone]], India
| office1             = 7th [[List of deputy chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh|Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh]]
| 1blankname1         = Governor
| 1namedata1          = [[E. S. L. Narasimhan]]
| 2blankname1         = Chief Minister
| 2namedata1          = [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]
| alongside1          = [[Nimmakayala Chinarajappa]]
| term_start1         = 8 June 2014
| term_end1           = 23 May 2019
| successor1          = {{ubl|[[Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose]]|[[Alla Nani]]|[[K. Narayana Swamy]]|[[Pushpasreevani Pamula]]|[[Amzath Basha Shaik Bepari]]}}
| predecessor1        = [[Damodar Raja Narasimha]]
| office2             = [[Third N. Chandrababu Naidu Ministry|Minister for Revenue, Registration and Stamps]]<br>[[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]
| 1blankname2         = Chief Minister
| 1namedata2          = [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]
| term_start2         = 8 June 2014
| term_end2           = 29 May 2019
| governor2           = [[E. S. L. Narasimhan]]
| predecessor2        = [[Raghu Veera Reddy]]
| successor2          = [[Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose]]
| office3             = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term3               = 1999 - 2004
| predecessor3        = [[Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy]]
| successor3          = [[Kotla Jaya Surya Prakash Reddy]]
| constituency3       = [[Kurnool (Lok Sabha constituency)| Kurnool]]
| office4             = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly| Member of Legislative Assembly<br>Andhra Pradesh]]
| term4               = 2014 - 2019
| predecessor4        = K. E. Prabhakar
| successor4          = [[Kangati Sreedevi]]
| constituency4       = [[Pattikonda (Assembly constituency)| Pattikonda]]
| term5               = 2009 - 2014
| predecessor5        = Kotla Sujathamma
| successor5          = [[Buggana Rajendranath Reddy]]
| constituency5       = [[Dhone (Assembly constituency)| Dhone]]
| term6               = 1978 - 1994
| predecessor6        = Seshanna
| successor6          = [[Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy]]
| constituency6       = [[Dhone (Assembly constituency)| Dhone]]
| occupation          = [[Politician]]
| years_active        = 
| known_for           = Telugu Ganga project
| notable_works       = 
| alma_mater          = Sri Venkateswara University
| relations           = K. E. Madanna (Father)<br/>
K. E. Prabhakar (Brother)<br/>
K. E. Prathap (Brother)<br/>
[[K. E. Shyam Babu]] (son)
| spouse              = K. E. Padmavathamma
}}

'''Kambalapadu Ediga Krishna Murthy''' (born 2 October 1938), popularly known as '''K. E. Krishna Murthy''', is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He served as [[Third N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry|Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh]] from 2014-2019 and as an Irrigation minister in [[Second N. T. Rama Rao ministry|N. T. Rama Rao cabinet]] from 1985-1987. Also he worked in the cabinet of [[Tanguturi Anjaiah]]. 

Murthy was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly five times from [[Dhone]] constituency, one time from [[Pattikonda Assembly constituency|Pattikonda]] constituency and to the Lok Sabha for one term from [[Kurnool Lok Sabha constituency|Kurnool]] constituency.

== Early life and education ==
Krishna Murthy was born in Kambalapadu, Kurnool district. His father [[K. E. Madanna]] is a freedom fighter. His mother's name is K. E. Madamma. His son [[K. E. Shyam Babu]] won the [[2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from [[Pattikonda Assembly constituency]] representing [[Telugu Desam Party]]. He has two younger brothers K. E. Prabhakar and K. E. Prathap. He pursued M.A. from [[Sri Venkateswara University]] and L.L.B. from [[Sagar University]], [[Madhya Pradesh]]. He is considered as a popular OBC Goud community leader of Andhra Pradesh.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Teja |first=Charan |date=2019-03-04 |title=Will historic coming together of Kotla and KE families in Kurnool work for TDP? |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/andhra-pradesh/will-historic-coming-together-kotla-and-ke-families-kurnool-work-tdp-97708 |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref>

== Career ==
Following the footsteps of his father, who was the former MLA and MLC, Murthy entered politics after his father retired in 1978. He was elected as an MLA for the first time in 1978 from Dhone Assembly Constituency representing Indian National Congress. He got elected for a second term from the same constituency in 1983 again on [[Indian National Congress]] Party ticket.

He later resigned from Indian National Congress (INC) party and joined the Telugu Desam Party and won a third term as MLA from the same Dhone constituency in 1985 defeating [[Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-12-04 |title=Andhra Pradesh assembly elections: Telugu Desam's victory comes as no surprise |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/19850331-andhra-pradesh-assembly-elections-telugu-desams-victory-comes-as-no-surprise-769926-2013-12-03 |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

Later, he had differences with former [[Chief Minister]] N. T. Rama Rao, and rejoined INC. He won as MLA for the fourth time from Dhone in 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-04-13 |title=Hat-trick scorers from Kurnool |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2009/Apr/13/hat-trick-sc-orers-from-kurnool-40682.html |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

He worked as a minister in both the cabinets of former [[chief minister]]s, [[Tanguturi Anjaiah]] of INC and [[N. T. Rama Rao]] of TDP.

In 1998, he once again resigned from INC and shifted to TDP under the leadership of [[chief minister]] [[Nara Chandrababu Naidu]] and lost the [[Kurnool Lok Sabha constituency|Kurnool Lok Sabha Constituency]] by a small margin to [[Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1994-11-30 |title=Andhra Pradesh polls: Congress(I), TDP slug it out while BJP harbours more limited ambitions |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19941130-andhra-pradesh-polls-congressi-tdp-slug-it-out-while-bjp-harbours-more-limited-ambitions-810271-1994-11-29 |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> However, he entered the Parliament of India in 1999 representing TDP from Kurnool, defeating [[Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy|Reddy]] this time.<ref name=":0" /> In parliament, he was a member of the Committee on Defence, and Committee on Public Undertakings.

In 2004, he lost the Kurnool Lok Sabha constituency. He also served as Revenue, Stamps & Registration minister and was the Polit Bureau member of the TDP.<ref>{{cite news|title=TDP panel to study Telangana sentiment|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/08/stories/2008040856940400.htm|accessdate=8 April 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415084903/http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/08/stories/2008040856940400.htm|archivedate=15 April 2008|url-status=dead|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2008-04-08|language=en}}</ref>

In 2009, he won the [[Dhone]] Assembly Constituency for the fifth time representing Telugu Desam Party. In 2013, he was appointed to AP Public Accounts Committee.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-07-04 |title=TDP MLA K E Krishnamurthy was appointed chairman of AP Public Accounts Committee ( PAC). |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tdp-mla-k-e-krishnamurthy-was-appointed-chairman-of-ap-public-accounts-committee-pac-/articleshow/20911862.cms |access-date=2024-05-26 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> Later in 2014, he shifted to [[Pattikonda Assembly constituency|Pattikonda Assembly Constituency]] and won as MLA for the sixth time in the [[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election]]. He became the Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and also held the Revenue, Stamps & Registration ministry.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-08 |title=Andhra Deputy chief minister Krishnamurthy sulks again! |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2017/Mar/08/andhra-deputy-chief-minister-krishnamurthy-sulks-again-1579032.html |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-06-24 |title=TDP leaders slam Dhone MLA |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/TDP-leaders-slam-Dhone-MLA/article14400937.ece |access-date=2024-05-26 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

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