Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy

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Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy
Minister of Housing, Revenue and
Information & Public Relations

Government of Telangana
Assumed office
07 December 2023
Governor
Chief MinisterAnumula Revanth Reddy
Preceded by
Member of Legislative Assembly, Telangana
Assumed office
09 December 2023
Preceded byKandala Upender Reddy
ConstituencyPalairu
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
26 May 2014 – 23 May 2019
Preceded byNama Nageswara Rao
Succeeded byNama Nageswara Rao
ConstituencyKhammam
Personal details
Born (1965-10-28) 28 October 1965 (age 58)
Narayanapuram, Kallur, Khammam
Political partyIndian National Congress (2023 - Present)
Other political
affiliations
Bharat Rashtra Samithi
(2016-2023)
YSR Congress Party
(2011-2016)
SpousePonguleti Madhuri

Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy is an Indian politician currently serving as a Minister for Revenue, Housing, Information and Public Relations in Government of Telangana, since 7 December 2023. Reddy represented Khammam Lok Sabha constituency between 2014-2019.

Political career[edit]

He won Lok Sabha election from Khammam as a YSRCP candidate in 2014.

He later changed to regional political party TRS (Telangana Rashtra Samithi). In the general elections of 2018. he supported the M.L.A. candidate Lingala Kamalraju on behalf of the TRS.

In 2023, Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy was suspended from BRS party (formerly TRS), for alleged anti-party activities.[1] Later he Joined in Congress on 2nd July 2023 at ‘Telangana Jana Garjana’ public meeting held in Khammam in the presence of Rahul Gandhi.[2][3]

In 2023 Telangana Assembly Election, Reddy elected from Palair Assembly Constituency with a huge Majority of 56,650 Votes. Reddy is currently serving as Cabinet Minister with Revenue & Housing and Information & Public Relations departments in the Government of Telangana.[4][5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Deccan Chronicle (10 April 2023). "BRS suspends Ponguleti, Jupally". Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  2. ^ NDTV (3 July 2023). "Former Leader Of KCR's Party Joins Congress". Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  3. ^ The Hindu (2 July 2023). "Congress will come to power, usher in 'pro-poor' regime: Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy". Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  4. ^ The Hindu (9 December 2023). "Portfolios allocated to Ministers in the new Telangana Cabinet". Archived from the original on 21 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  5. ^ India Today (9 December 2023). "Revanth Reddy assigns portfolios to 11 ministers in Telangana Cabinet: Full list". Archived from the original on 21 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.