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Kunja Bojji (10 February 1926 – 12 April 2021) was an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He represented the Bhadrachalam seat in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly between 1985 and 1999. He belonged to the Koya community.

Kunja Bojji was a courier for guerrillas during the Telangana armed struggle of the 1950s. In the 1970s he joined the CPI(M) and was elected a samiti member. In 1985 he, along with two other CPI(M) leaders was ambushed by Naxalites and his companions were killed.

In the 1985, 1989 and 1994 elections to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly he was elected with 42.37%, 50.82% and 62.55% vote share respectively.

Bojji died from COVID-19 in 2021.

References

1. "Kunja Bojji: పెన్షన్ డబ్బులూ ప్రజల కోసమే..తుది శ్వాస వరకూ ప్రజాసేవలోనే..'కుంజా బొజ్జి' ఓ అరుదైన నాయకుడు!". 12 April 2021.
2. Sridhar, P. (12 April 2021). "Veteran CPI (M) leader Kunja Bojji passes away". The Hindu.
3. ^ The Hindu. This three-time MLA doesn’t have a house
4. ^ Election Commission of India. 274 - Bhadrachalam (ST) Assembly Constituency
5. Seshu, Ravindra (3 November 2018). "Khammam: Kunja Bojji sets the bar high for aspirants". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
6. "Telangana: Memorial Stupas in Memory of Comrades Kunja Bojji and Sunnam Rajaiah | Peoples Democracy".

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