Residence Banswada, Nizamabad. Name Pocharam Reddy | Role Politician | |
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Constituency Banswada, Telangana State | ||
Political party Telangana Rashtra Samithi | ||
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Pocharam Srinivas Reddy is an Indian politician. He is with Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS). He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly from Banswada constituency. He is the first Minister for Agriculture in Telangana State.
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- T assembly sessions minister pocharam srinivas reddy speech farmer suicides v6 news
- CM KCR Visits Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy Over His Mother Passes Away
- Career
- Personal life
- References
CM KCR Visits Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy | Over His Mother Passes Away
Career
Pocharam Srinivas Reddy joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 1984 from the Indian National Congress (INC). He worked as a minister twice in TDP government. He was with TDP for 27 years before quitting.
In 1994, he contested the Banswada constituency as a TDP candidate and won with a majority of over 57,000 votes majority. He lost in 2004 against Bajireddy Govardhan, the INC candidate. In support of the Telangana Movement, he joined TRS party in March 2011. He also resigned from his MLA seat and TDP membership. He went on to contest that year's by-elections and won with a margin of over 49,000 votes against INC candidate, Sangam Srinivasgoud.He was made a Politburo member of the TRS on 24 March 2011.
In 2014 Telangana Assembly Election he was re-elected from Banswada Assembly constituency. He was inducted into Cabinet on June 2, 2014 and made Agriculture Minister of Telangana.
Personal life
He was married to Pushpa and has 4 children.
