Bandi Sanjay Kumar (born 11 July 1971) is an Indian politician who is appointed as Minister of State for Home Affairs is a Member of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, representing the Karimnagar constituency since 2019.

[5] Kumar was involved with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad,[6] eventually became town president and a state executive member of the organization.

He contested against the incumbent Member of Parliament, the Telangana Rashtra Samiti's B. Vinod Kumar, and the Indian National Congress' Ponnam Prabhakar.

[11] His election was considered something of a surprise due to the BJP's prior lack of significant strength in Telangana,[12] as well as the fact that both his major opponents were politically well-established.

[17] In April 2023, Kumar and three others were arrested on charges of being involved in the question paper leak case of Telangana State Board's class ten examinations.

[22][23] In March 2023, the Telangana High Court issued a stay of Bandi Bhageerath's suspension from college, and the student whom he had attacked said that he had forgiven Kumar's son over the incident.