Silpa Mohan Reddy Explained

Silpa Mohan Reddy
Birth Date:10 January 1960
Birth Place:Nandyal, Nandyal district
Residence:Nandyal
Spouse:Ramadevi
Party:YSR Congress party
Otherparty:Indian National Congress party, Telugu Desam party
Office:Minister for Housing, Andhra Pradesh
Termstart:2004
Termend:2009
Office1:Member of Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
1Blankname1:Chief Minister
Assembly1:Andhra Pradesh Legislative
1Namedata1:Y.S Rajasekhar Reddy
Termstart1:2004
Termend1:2014
Predecessor1:N.M.D Farooq
Successor1:Bhuma Nagi Reddy
Constituency1:Nandyal Assembly constituency

Silpa Mohan Reddy is the ex-Minister for Housing in the Government of Andhra Pradesh, India. He has been elected a MLA from Nandyal constituency twice.

Politics

Reddy was once named a board member of NG Ranga Agricultural University. He has received the National Citizens Award from the Indian central government, being honoured along with Mother Teresa.[1] He later joined the Congress party of India. In the 2000 Indian municipal elections, Reddy was denied a spot on the ticket.

Between 2000 and 2004, Reddy participated in several protests with farmers. He also became the honorary president of Nandi Raithu Samakhya. In 2003, he fought for the release of irrigation water from Srisailam Reservoir. In the 2004 Assembly elections, Reddy received a place on the Congress Party ticket, subsequently winning by 49,500 votes over then-TDP minister N. M. D. Farooq. In the 2009 elections, he won by a 32,000-vote margin over Subba Reddy (no relation).[2] Silpa Reddy was then named Minister of Housing.

Besides his career in politics, Reddy is also the co-founder of Silpa Real Estate with his brother Silpa Chakrapani Reddy. This company seeks to help the poor with no-interest financing.[3]

Silpa Mohan Reddy Contested from Congress party and won the Nandyal seat in the 2004 and 2009 elections. In 2014, he contested from Tdp and lost to Bhuma Nagi Reddy.Mohan Reddy defected from the Tdp and joined YSRCP in presence of party chief Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy in Hyderabad, on June 14, 2017 and contested Nandyal Assembly byelection held in 2017.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Publication in Eenadu, Vartha dailies during 1997
  2. eci.nic.in/2004
  3. News: The Times of India . Silpa Mohan Reddy . 19 January 2022 . 8 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220119152029/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/politics/silpa-mohan-reddy/articleshow/59970002.cms . 19 January 2022 . en.
  4. News: Deccan Chronicle . YSRC fields Shilpa Mohan Reddy for Nandyal seat . 19 January 2022 . 26 June 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220119153742/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/260617/ysrc-fields-shilpa-mohan-reddy-for-nandyal-seat.html . 19 January 2022 . en.