Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy Explained

Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy
Birth Date:	28 October 1965
Birth Place:	Narayanapuram, Kallur, Khammam
Office:	Minister of Housing, Revenue and Information & Public Relations Government of Telangana
Term Start:	07 December 2023
Governor:	Tamilisai Soundararajan (2023-2024) C.P. Radhakrishnan (2024) Jishnu Dev Varma (2024-)
1Blankname:	Chief Minister
1Namedata:	Anumula Revanth Reddy
Predecessor:	Vemula Prashanth Reddy (Housing & Revenue) Patnam Mahender Reddy (Information & Public Relations)
Office1:	Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly
Term Start1:	09 December 2023
Predecessor1:	Kandala Upender Reddy
Constituency1:	Palairu
Office3:	Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Termstart3:	26 May 2014
Termend3:	23 May 2019
Constituency3:	Khammam, Telangana
Predecessor3:	Nama Nageswara Rao
Successor3:	Nama Nageswara Rao
Spouse:	Ponguleti Madhuri
Party:	Indian National Congress (2023 - Present)
Otherparty:	Bharat Rashtra Samithi (2016-2023) YSR Congress Party (2011-2016)

Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy is an Indian politician currently serving as a Minister for Revenue, Housing, Information and Public Relations in Government of Telangana, since 7 December 2023. Ponguleti represented Khammam Lok Sabha constituency between 2014-2019.

Political career

He won Lok Sabha election from Khammam as a YSRCP candidate in 2014.

He later changed to regional political party TRS (Telangana Rashtra Samithi). In the general elections of 2018. he supported the M.L.A. candidate Lingala Kamalraju on behalf of the TRS.

In 2023, Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy was suspended from BRS party (formerly TRS), for alleged anti-party activities.^[1] Later he Joined in Congress on 2nd July 2023 at ‘Telangana Jana Garjana’ public meeting held in Khammam in the presence of Rahul Gandhi.^{[2] [3]}

In 2023 Telangana Assembly Election, Reddy elected from Palair Assembly Constituency with a huge Majority of 56,650 Votes. Reddy is currently serving as Cabinet Minister with Revenue & Housing and Information & Public Relations departments in the Government of Telangana.^{[4] [5]}

Election Statistics

	Year	Contested For	Party		Constituency	Opponent	Votes	Majority	Result	Reference
1	2014	MP		Khammam	Nama Nageswara Rao (TDP)	4,22,434 - 4,10,230	+12,204		^[6]
2	2023	MLA		Palair	Kandala Upender Reddy (BRS)	1,27,820 - 71,170	+56,650		^[7]

Notes and References

1. News: Deccan Chronicle . BRS suspends Ponguleti, Jupally . 5 July 2023 . 10 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230705071215/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/100423/brs-suspends-ponguleti-jupally.html . 5 July 2023.
2. News: NDTV . 3 July 2023 . Former Leader Of KCR's Party Joins Congress . https://web.archive.org/web/20230705071833/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/former-leader-of-kcrs-party-joins-congress-4171996 . 5 July 2023 . 5 July 2023 .
3. News: The Hindu . 2 July 2023 . Congress will come to power, usher in ‘pro-poor’ regime: Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy . https://web.archive.org/web/20230705072122/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/congress-will-come-to-power-usher-in-pro-poor-regime-ponguleti-srinivas-reddy/article67035019.ece . 5 July 2023 . 5 July 2023 . en-IN.
4. News: The Hindu . 9 December 2023 . Portfolios allocated to Ministers in the new Telangana Cabinet . https://web.archive.org/web/20240121123943/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/full-list-of-telangana-cabinet-and-council-of-ministers/article67620817.ece . 21 January 2024 . 21 January 2024 . en-IN.
5. News: India Today . 9 December 2023 . Revanth Reddy assigns portfolios to 11 ministers in Telangana Cabinet: Full list . https://web.archive.org/web/20240121125317/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/revanth-reddy-portfolios-11-ministers-telangana-cabinet-keeps-law-order-general-administration-full-list-2474051-2023-12-09 . 21 January 2024 . 21 January 2024 . en.
6. https://resultuniversity.com/election/khammam-lok-sabha
7. https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/telangana/palair-assembly-result-29113