S. P. Y. Reddy | |
Birth Name: | S. Pedda Yerikal Reddy |
Birth Date: | 4 June 1950 |
Birth Place: | Ankalamma Gudur, Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh |
Residence: | Nandyal |
Death Date: | [1] |
Death Place: | Hyderabad |
Constituency: | Nandyal |
Office: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
Termstart: | 16 May 2004 |
Termend: | 30 April 2019 |
Education: | B. E. Mech. (NIT Warangal) |
Predecessor: | Bhuma Nagi Reddy |
Successor: | Pocha Brahmananda Reddy |
Party: | Jana Sena Party (2019) Telugu Desam Party (2016–2019) YSR Congress Party (2014–2016) (defected) Indian National Congress (2000- 2014) Independent (1999 - 2000) Bharatiya Janata Party (1991 - 1999) |
Spouse: | S. Parvathi |
Children: | 2 |
Date: | 15 January |
Year: | 2015 |
Source: | http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4024 |
S. Pedda Yerikal Reddy (4 June 1950 – 30 April 2019) was a three-time Lok Sabha MP and Industrialist who headed the Nandi Group of Industries.[2] He was born on 4 June 1950 in the Ankalammagudur village from Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from NIT Warangal and joined the Mumbai-based Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India's premium nuclear facility.[3] He quit the position of a Scientific Officer in 1977 and set up a plastic containers manufacturing plant in 1979. Thereafter, he diversified his company's operations into PVC pipes manufacturing in 1984 under the name of Nandi Pipes.[4]
SPY Reddy began his political career with BJP and unsuccessfully contested from Nandyal Loksabha constituency in 1991 elections.[5] In 1999 Assembly elections he contested from both Nandyal and Giddalur assembly constituencies as an independent candidate and lost both seats.[5] In 2000, he procured the ticket for municipal chairman candidacy for congress and won with record majority. In 2004 he contested as an MP candidate from Nandyal and won with 1 lakh majority. In 2009, he once again won from the same constituency.[2] In 2014, he won for the third time as MP from Nandyal.[6]
He won the 2014 elections on a YSRCP ticket and later defected to TDP.[7] In 2019, he left TDP as it denied a ticket to him and joined Janasena party and fought the election on its ticket.[6] He died on 30 April 2019 aged 69 due to multi-organ failure.[5]