M. Sanjay Kumar

M. Sanjay Kumar (born 6 July 1962) is an Indian politician in the state of Telangana. He is currently serving as an MLA from Jagtial constituency of Jagtial district for a second term after making his debut as a law maker in 2018.

Early life and education
Kumar was born in Anthargam village, Jagtial mandal to Vathsala and Hanumantha Rao. He studied MBBS at Siddartha Medical College, Vijayawada under Acharya Nagarjuna University in 1989. Later, he did his M.S. in Ophthalmology from JJM Medical College, Davanagiri in Karnataka under the Kuvempu University in 1992.

Career
He contested as a Bharat Rashtra Samithi candidate and won the Jagtial seat in the 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly Election defeating T. Jeevan Reddy of Congress by 15,822 votes. In 2018, Jeevan Reddy, then a sitting MLA, lost by a bigger margin of 42,439 votes. Sanjay joined the Congress party on 23 June 2024 in the presence of TPCC chief and Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy.