Kasani Gnaneshwar Mudiraj

Kasani Gnaneshwar Mudiraj (also spelt as Kasani Gyaneshwar; born 19 August 1954) is an Indian politician, who served as Member of Legislative Council, representing the Indian state Andhra Pradesh from 2007 to 2011. He is serving as the president of Mana Party (India), which was founded by him in 2007.

He is Prajakutami candidate in 2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election, contesting on the Indian National Congress ticket from Secunderabad (Assembly constituency).

Career
He served as chairman of Ranga Reddy Zila Parishad representing Telugu Desam Party from 2001 to 2006.

In 2007, Gnaneshwar was elected to Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council from the Assembly quota as an independent supported by ten Telangana Rashtra Samithi rebel MLAs.

He resigned from Telugu Desam Party (TDP), following differences with another party leader Tulla Devender Goud. In August 2007, he launched his own political party, named Mana Party, which claims to be representative of over 90 BC castes in Andhra Pradesh.

In 2009, he unsuccessfully contested the assembly election from Quthbullapur constituency, gained 23430 votes for Mana Party. Later, he entered into an alliance with Chiranjeevi's Praja Rajyam Party and contested 2009 general election from Chevella (Lok Sabha constituency), received 19996 votes.

Other
He also serves as president of Hyderabad Cricket Association and Telangana Kabaddi Association. In April 2017, he was elected as treasurer of All Indian Amateur Kabaddi Federation (AKF). He is serving as the director of International Kabaddi Federation since 2015.