Name Revanth Reddy Siblings Enumula Krishna Reddy | Nationality Indian Role Politician Children Nymisha Reddy Spouse Geetha | |
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Born 8 November 1969 (age 54) Kondareddy Pally, Mahbubnagar district ( 1969-11-08 ) Residence Road no - 12 MLA Colony, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana Similar People Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, N Chandrababu Naidu, Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, N T Rama Rao, Jaipal Reddy | ||
Education Bachelor of Arts from A. V. College, Osmania University Religion Hinduism 2nd Chief Minister of Telangana Assumed office (7 December 2023) Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan Deputy Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka Preceded by K. Chandrashekar Rao Leader of the House Telangana Legislative Assembly Assumed office (7 December 2023) Preceded by K. Chandrashekar Rao Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly Assumed office (7 December 2023) Constituency Kodangal Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly In office (2 June 2014 – 2018) Preceded by Telangana Assembly Created Succeeded by Patnam Narender Reddy Constituency Kodangal State President Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee Assumed office (7 July 2021) Preceded by N. Uttam Kumar Reddy Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha In office (23 May 2019 – 6 December 2023) Preceded by Malla Reddy Constituency Malkajgiri Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly In office (2009 - 2014) Preceded by Gurunadh Reddy Succeeded by Telangana Assembly Divided Constituency Kodangal Political party Indian National Congress (2017-present), Telugu Desam Party (2008-2017), Telangana Rashtra Samithi (2002-2008), Bharatiya Janata Party (Till 2002) Parents Anumula Narsimha Reddy (father), Anumula Ramachandramma (mother) Website revanthreddy.com | ||
Revanth Reddy Speech at Kodangal Constituency | ABN Telugu
MP Revanth Reddy Comments On CM KCR Over Demolishing Secretariat Building | ABN Telugu
Anumula Revanth Reddy (born 8 November 1969) is an Indian politician who is serving as the second and current Chief Minister of Telangana since 7 December 2023. He represents Kodangal constituency in the Telangana Legislative assembly. He belongs to the Indian National Congress (INC).
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- Revanth Reddy Speech at Kodangal Constituency ABN Telugu
- MP Revanth Reddy Comments On CM KCR Over Demolishing Secretariat Building ABN Telugu
- Early life and education
- Political career
- Early political career
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Member of Parliament
- 2023 Telangana Assembly election campaign
- Chief Minister of Telangana
- Overseas engagements
- Controversies
- Arrest for bribery
- References
Previously he represented Malkajgiri Lok Sabha constituency in the Parliament of India. He was appointed as president of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee, replacing N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, in July 2021. He led his party to victory in the 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election, defeating the incumbent Bharat Rashtra Samithi.
Early life and education
Revanth Reddy was born on November 8, 1969 at Kondareddy Pally of Mahboobnagar district. He is a graduate in Arts. He was interested in politics since his school days. He was a leader of student union during his school days. He married former central minister and congress party senior leader Jaipal Reddy brother's daughter.
Political career
Early political career
Revanth Reddy was a member of ABVP while he was a student. In 2006, he contested the local body election and was elected as ZPTC member from Midjil mandal as an independent candidate.
In 2007, Revanth Reddy was elected as a Member of Legislative Council (MLC) as an independent candidate. Later, he met Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N. Chandrababu Naidu and joined the TDP.
Member of Legislative Assembly
In 2009 Revanth Reddy was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly from Kodangal constituency with 46.46% votes as a TDP candidate. He won against the incumbent and five-time MLA Gurunath Reddy of Congress (INC). He served as MLA in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly between 2009 and 2014 and in Telangana Assembly between 2014 and 2018.
He contested the 2014 undivided Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections and was elected to the Telangana Assembly from Kodangal with a majority of 14,614 votes against Gurunath Reddy. He was elected as the floor leader of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in the Telangana Legislative Assembly.
On 25 October 2017, TDP removed him as the floor leader of the Telangana TDP after reports surfaced that he would consider joining the Congress party. On 31 October 2017 he joined Congress.
He contested the 2018 Telangana Assembly elections from Kodangal as a Indian National Congress (INC) candidate and lost to Bhartiya Rashtra Samithi (BRS) candidate Patnam Narender Reddy, marking his first defeat in any election. On 20 September 2018, he was appointed one of the three working presidents of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC).
Member of Parliament
Following his defeat in the 2018 Telangana legislative assembly election, Reddy successfully contested the 2019 general election from the Malkajgiri Lok Sabha constituency as a Congress candidate, by a margin of 10,919 votes, constituting 38.63% of the total votes. He defeated his closest competitor, Marri Rajashekar Reddy from TRS.
2023 Telangana Assembly election campaign
In June 2021, Reddy was appointed as president of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee replacing N. Uttam Kumar Reddy. He took the new role on 7 July 2021.
He led the Congress' successful campaigning against the incumbent Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao in 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election with the party winning 64 seats, 4 seats past the majority mark. He contested from Kodangal and Kamareddy constituencies, winning in the former seat and losing in the latter. After his earlier wins from Kodangal constituency in 2009 and 2014, he is representing the constituency for the third time.
Chief Minister of Telangana
All India Congress Committee (AICC) named Reddy as the leader of Congress Legislature Party, following the elected MLAs' resolution authorising AICC to nominate the leader paving way for him to become the Chief Minister of Telangana.
On 7 December 2023, he took oath as the Chief Minister of Telangana making him the second person to hold the post. On the day of his swearing-in, the iron barricades at the entrance to the chief minister's office were removed. Reddy announced his availability at the office to listen to people's grievances daily from 8 December 2023, reflecting the promise of people's government.
Overseas engagements
In 2009, when Indian students were being attacked in Australia, then Telugu Desam leaders Reddy and Nama Nageswara Rao had visited Melbourne, Australia to meet with International students from India. Reddy had visited hospitals, and travelled in trains and public transport in Melbourne to meet victims, and interact with Indian students in Australia, to get a better understanding of the situation.
Reddy had also visited the Victorian Parliament, and had meetings with then Victorian opposition leader Ted Baillieu, and ministerial adviser Nitin Gupta to raise concerns about Indian students being attacked in Melbourne, Australia.
Controversies
Arrest for bribery
Further information: 2015 cash-for-votes scam
On 31 May 2015, Revanth Reddy was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) during a sting operation after bribing nominated MLA Elvis Stephenson to vote in favour of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) candidate in the Legislative Council election. A criminal case under sections of Prevention of Corruption Act and sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy) – read with section 34 (common intention) of Indian Penal Code was registered against him along with two others – Bishop Sebastian Harry and Uday Simha. On 30 June, the Telangana High Court gave conditional bail. TDP party members celebrated Revanth Reddy's release on 1 July 2015 with a rally.