T. Padma Rao Goud Explained

T. Padma Rao Goud
Birth Name:	Thigulla Padma Rao Goud
Office:	2nd Deputy Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Term Start:	24 Feb 2019
Term End:	6 December 2023
Predecessor:	Padma Devender Reddy, TRS
Office1:	Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly
Term Start1:	2 June 2014
Predecessor1:	Position Established
Constituency1:	Secunderabad
Birth Date:	1954 5, df=yes
Birth Place:	Secunderabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (present-day Telangana, India)
Residence:	Hyderabad
Spouse:	Swarupa Rani
Children:	Kishore Goud, Kiran Goud, Rameshwar Goud, Trinethra Goud, Mounika Goud, Manisha Goud
Party:	Bharat Rashtra Samithi

Thigulla Padma Rao Goud^[1] (born 7 May 1954) is an Indian politician who is the current and 2nd Deputy Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly from 24 February 2019 and Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly from Secunderabad Constituency from 2 June 2014.^{[2] [3]} He was the minister of Excise, Sports, Prohibition from 2014 to 2018 in Telangana.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Early life

Padma Rao was born on 7 April 1954 in Secunderabad. He studied till Intermediate in Govt. Junior College, SP Road, Secunderabad.

Political career

He entered politics after education and served as a Municipal Councillor in 1984 & 2001 (Hyderabad Municipal Corporation). Later in 2001 he joined Telangana Rashtra Samithi.^[7] He won from Secunderabad Assembly constituency in 2004 Assembly Election. In 2009 Assembly election he lost from Sanathnagar Assembly constituency to Congress candidate Marri Shashidhar Reddy.

In 2014 Telangana Assembly Election he was re-elected from Secunderabad Assembly constituency. He was

ucted into Cabinet on June 2, 2014, and made Excise and Prohibition, Sports and Youth Services Minister of Telangana. In December 2018, he became the Deputy Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly.^{[8] [9]}

Personal life

He is married to Swarupa Rani and has 4 sons and 2 daughters,namely Kishore Goud, Kiran Goud, Rameshwar Goud, Trinethra Goud, Aishwarya Goud and Mounika Goud.

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Charan. 2019-05-14. Deputy Speaker Thigulla Padma Rao Goud felicitates SSC toppers. 2020-11-26. The Hans India. en.
2. Web site: Election Commission Of India. eciresults.nic.in. ECI.
3. News: Secunderabad Assembly Election 2014.
4. Web site: KCR to Be Sworn in Telangana State's First CM on June 2. Deccan-Journal. 2 June 2014.
5. Web site: Council of Ministers. telangana.gov.in. 14 July 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714142420/http://www.telangana.gov.in/Pages/CouncilofMinisters.aspx. 14 July 2014.
6. News: Padma Rao to be new deputy speaker of Telangana - Times of India. The Times of India. 22 February 2019 . 2019-02-25.
7. News: Suryapet Assembly Election 2014.
8. Web site: Deputy Speaker - Legislative Assembly - Telangana-Legislature.
9. News: The Hindu . Padma Rao elected Deputy Speaker unopposed . 29 October 2023 . 25 February 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231029175235/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/padma-rao-elected-deputy-speaker-unopposed/article26368505.ece . 29 October 2023 . en-IN.