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
Bharat 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, 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. He is Prajakutami candidate in
2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election, contesting on the
Indian National Congress ticket from
Secunderabad (Assembly constituency) and lost the election. In 2022, he again joined back into the
Telugu Desam Party in the presence of the party president and former
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh,
N. Chandrababu Naidu. On November 4, 2022, Kasani was appointed as the President of the
Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Telangana unit. He took charge as the president of
Telugu Desam Party, Telangana on November 10, 2022. However again on 30 October 2023, just before the
2023 Telangana polls he resigned from TTDP president post as well as from
TDP membership by criticising the decision of TDP supremo
Chandra Babu Naidu not to contest the Telangana polls.
Positions held Other He also served 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. == See also ==