G. Nagesh

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Godam Nagesh

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1964|10|21}}

| birth_place = Jatarla, Adilabad, Telangana

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| constituency = Adilabad

| office = MP

| term = 2014–2019, 2024–present

| predecessor = Ramesh Rathod

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| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| otherparty = Bharat Rashtra Samithi
Telugu Desam Party

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| children = Godam Manognya, Godam Rithvik

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| spouse = Latha Bai

| parents = Ramarao (former MLA), Bheembai

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Godam Nagesh (born 21 October 1964),{{cite news| url=http://www.telangananewspaper.com/godam-nagesh-profile/ | location=Hyd | work=News | title=Godam Nagesh Profile: Telangana Politician | date=19 May 2016}} is an Indian politician. He hails from the Gond people.{{cite book|author=University of Madras|title=Electoral politics and nation building in South Indian states|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D41uAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=University of Madras|page=95}}

G. Nagesh was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in the 1994 election from the Boath seat, contesting as a Telugu Desam Party candidate.{{cite book|title=Frontline, Vol. 12, Eds. 1-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AqdKAQAAIAAJ|date=January 1995|publisher=S. Rangarajan for Kasturi & Sons|page=23}} His father G. Rama Rao, former Minister for Tribal Welfare, was incumbent legislator of Boath at the time.The Hindu. [https://web.archive.org/web/20040413093741/http://www.hindu.com/2004/03/26/stories/2004032609820300.htm TDP may find the going tough] G. Nagesh won the seat, obtaining 51,593 votes (65.27% of the votes in the constituency).Election Commission of India. [http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1994/StatisticalReport-AP94.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1994 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ANDHRA PRADESH] He was amongst the youngest legislators in the Legislative Assembly at the time. G. Nagesh was named as Minister of State for Scheduled Tribes Welfare and Welfare of the Handicapped in the TDP state government after the election.{{cite book|title=India Today, Vol. 23|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dW5DAAAAYAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Thomson Living Media India Limited|page=9}}{{cite book|author=R. J. Rajendra Prasad|title=Emergence of Telugu Desam: And an Overview of Political Movements in Andhra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1cSOAAAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Master Minds|page=112}}{{cite book|author=N. K. Chowdhry|title=Assembly Elections, 1994–95: An Analysis and Results|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gYiKAAAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Shipra Publications|isbn=978-81-85402-73-4|page=31}}{{cite book|title=The Journal of Parliamentary Information, Vol. 41|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iRWOAAAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|page=30}}

He retained the Boath seat in the 1999 election, obtaining 49,155 votes (56.17%).Election Commission of India. [http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-AP99.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1999 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ANDHRA PRADESH] He lost the Boath seat in the 2004 election, finishing in second place with 41,567 votes.Election Commission of India. [http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_2004/StatisticalReports_AP_2004.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2004 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ANDHRA PRADESH] Reportedly his father opposed his candidature in the 2004 election. He re-captured the Boath seat in the 2009 Legislative Assembly election, obtaining 64,895 votes (55.92%).Election Commission of India. [http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/Statistical_Report_AP2009.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2009 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ANDHRA PRADESH] G. Nagesh served as the president of the TDP district unit in Adilabad. He has also served as chairman of the Girijan Cooperative Corporation.

Ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha election, he left the TDP and joined the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) instead.The Hindu. [http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/suspense-over-candidates-continues-in-adilabad/article5818520.ece Suspense over candidates continues in Adilabad] He was admitted to the TRS by the party chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao on 3 March 2014.The Hindu. [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/two-tdp-mlas-join-trs/article5748598.ece Two TDP MLAs join TRS] After joining TRS he was listed as the candidate of the party in the Boath Legislative Assembly seat. However, G. Nagesh asked to get the nomination for the Adilabad Lok Sabha seat instead.The Hindu. [http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/boath-mla-seeks-trs-nomination-from-adilabad/article5872667.ece Boath MLA seeks TRS nomination from Adilabad] On 8 April 2014, he was declared as the TRS candidate for the Adilabad Lok Sabha seat.The Hindu. [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/trs-announces-45-more-candidates/article5889903.ece TRS announces 45 more candidates] In 2019, Nagesh lost the election to Soyam Bapu Rao.

Godam Nagesh joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 10 March 2024 in the presence of party's General Secretary and Telangana state incharge Tarun Chugh in New Delhi ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha elections.{{cite news |last1=Deccan Chronicle |first1= |date=10 March 2024 |title=Two Former Brs MPs Joined Bjp |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/two-former-brs-mps-join-bjp-884823 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310185148/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/two-former-brs-mps-join-bjp-884823 |archive-date=10 March 2024 |access-date=10 March 2024 |work= |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |date=10 March 2024 |title=More BRS leaders, including ex-MPs and MLAs, join BJP |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/more-brs-leaders-including-ex-mps-and-mlas-join-bjp/article67936036.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310190347/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/more-brs-leaders-including-ex-mps-and-mlas-join-bjp/article67936036.ece |archive-date=10 March 2024 |access-date=10 March 2024 |language=en-IN}}