J. C. Ashmit Reddy | |
Birth Date: | 16 May 1983 |
Birth Place: | Tadipatri, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh |
Office: | Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh |
Term Start: | 4 June 2024 |
Constituency: | Tadipatri |
Predecessor: | Kethireddy Pedda Reddy |
Party: | Telugu Desam Party |
Profession: | Politician |
Spouse: | Smt Nikhila Reddy |
Children: | 2 (son & daughter) |
Father: | J. C. Prabhakar Reddy |
Mother: | J. C. Uma Reddy |
Relatives: |
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Nationality: | Indian |
J. C. Ashmit Reddy (born 1983) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is a member of Telugu Desam Party. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly representing the Tadipatri Assembly constituency in 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections[1]
Reddy was born in Tadipatri, Anantapur district to J. C. Prabhakar Reddy, a former MLA. He married Nikhila Reddy. They have a son, Dheer Diwakar Reddy, and a daughter, Aihika Reddy. He completed his post graduation in M.Litt (Marketing) in 2008 from University of St. Andrews, Scotland. Later, he did B.E. in Mechanical Engineering in 2007 from Anna University, Chennai.[2]
Reddy started his political career with TDP and served as Tadipatri councillor in 2014. Later, he contested the 2019 Assembly election on TDP ticket from Tadpatri but lost by a narrow margin of 7,000 votes to YSRCP candidate Kethireddy Pedda Reddy.[3] In the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, he contested on TDP ticket and won with a majority of 27,731 votes against YSRCP candidate Kethireddy Pedda Reddy.[4] [5]