Vemulapalli Srikrishna

Vemulapalli Srikrishna was a communist leader, and led a number of labour movements. He also wrote the famous poem about Andhra, Cheyyethi Jai kottu Telugoda! Gatamentho Ghana keerthi kalavoda... He was the Editor of the Telugu News Daily "Visalandhra" during the years 1968-72. In 1962 Assembly elections, he won against Congress candidate Sri Tamma Ranga Reddy by a majority of 5,146 votes. And also in 1972 elections, he contested representing Communist Party of India (CPI) party and won against independent candidate Sri Gujjula Gangadhara Reddy by a majority of 5,369 votes. During his second tenure, he was the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly. He was the only MLA who represented this constituency and served in Assembly as the Leader of Opposition. The mile stones in the development of Mangalagiri during his representation are Pilot Drinking Water Scheme (1975) and Degree College (1977). He was born in 1917 and died on 8-4-2000.