Bhuma Akhila Priya | |
Birth Date: | 1987 4, df=yes |
Party: | Telugu Desam Party |
Otherparty: | YSR Congress Party |
Office3: | Minister for Tourism & Culture Government of Andhra Pradesh |
Termstart3: | 2 April 2017 |
Termend3: | 29 May 2019 |
Governor3: | E. S. L. Narasimhan |
1Blankname3: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata3: | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
Successor3: | Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao |
Office: | Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh |
1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
Assembly: | Andhra Pradesh Legislative |
1Namedata: | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
Termstart: | 2024 |
Predecessor: | Gangula Brijendra Reddy (Gangula Nani) |
Constituency: | Allagadda |
1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
Assembly1: | Andhra Pradesh Legislative |
1Namedata1: | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
Termstart1: | 2014 |
Termend1: | 2019 |
Predecessor1: | Shobha Nagi Reddy |
Successor1: | Gangula Brijendra Reddy (Gangula Nani) |
Constituency1: | Allagadda |
Bhuma Akhila Priya (born 2 April 1987)[1] is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. She is the former Tourism and Culture minister of Andhra Pradesh. She is currently the member of legislative assembly (MLA) from allagadda assembly constituency (Telugu Desam Party.)
Akhila Priya was born to Bhuma Nagi Reddy and Shobha Nagi Reddy in Allagadda, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh.[2] She is the eldest of three children. In 2014, she had to contest the Allagadda by-election which fell vacant due to the death of her mother in a road accident.[3] [4] She was unanimously elected representing the YSR Congress Party. In 2018, she married industrialist Bharghava Ram.[5]
In 2014, she won as an Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Allagadda assembly constituency by-election representing YSR Congress Party.
Later in 2016, she joined Telugu Desam Party along with her father Bhuma Nagi Reddy[6] and served as the Minister for Tourism, Telugu Language and Culture under the Telugu Desam Party government.[7] [8] [9] [10] In 2019, she contested from Allagadda assembly constituency from Telugu Desam Party and lost the election to Gangula Bijendra Reddy of YSR Congress Party.[11] In 2024, she again elected as a member of the legislative assembly and stands as a peoples pride of allagadda.