Office: | Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh |
Term Start: | 2019 |
Term End: | 2024 |
Predecessor: | Yarapathineni Srinivasa Rao |
Successor: | Yarapathineni Srinivasa Rao |
Constituency: | Gurazala |
Birth Date: | 9 September 1975 |
Birth Place: | Narasaraopet, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh (now Palnadu district, Andhra Pradesh) |
Party: | YSR Congress Party |
Father: | Kasu Venkata Krishna Reddy |
Education: | LLB (1991) |
Alma Mater: | Andhra Christian College |
Kasu Mahesh Reddy (born 9 September 1975) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is an MLA of YSR Congress Party from Gurazala Assembly Constituency in Guntur District. He won the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election.[1] He is nominated by YSR Congress Party to contest the Gurazala seat again in the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election.[2] He is the 3rd Generation Politician in Kasu Family.
Reddy was born in Narasaraopet, Guntur District. His father Kasu Venkata Krishna Reddy is a former two-time MP and three-time MLA from Narasaraopet constituency. He is a nephew of former Congress chief minister Kasu Brahmananda Reddy. He completed his LLB from Andhra Christian College, Guntur in 1991. He runs his own business.[3]
Reddy started his political career with Indian National Congress and joined YSR Congress Party in 2016.[4] [5] He became an MLA for the first time winning the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election defeating Yarapathineni Srinivasa Rao of Telugu Desam Party by a margin of 28,613 votes.[6] [7]