Jaggula John Wesley is a communist politician from Amarchinta, Telangana, India. He is the current state secretary of the CPI (Marxist), Telangana. Wesley, a Madiga by caste, is the first Dalit person to hold this position in the Telugu states. He is a member of the 24th Central Committee of the CPI (M) and the state president of Kula Vivaksha Vyatireka Porata Samithi, a movement against Caste-based discrimination.
Political career He started his journey into politics in 1990s with Radical Students Union. He joined the CPI (Marxist) in 1996 and held leadership positions in the Democratic Youth Federation of India.
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