Undavalli Sridevi Explained

Dr. Undavalli Sridevi
Office:	Member of Legislative Assembly
1Blankname:	Chief Minister
1Namedata:	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Constituency:	Tadikonda
Predecessor:	Tenali Sravan Kumar
Termstart:	23 May 2019
Termend:	26 February 2024
Party:	Telugu Desam Party
Otherparty:	YSR Congress Party
Occupation:	Doctor, Politician

Dr. Undavalli Sridevi is an Indian politician and a doctor by profession from the state of Andhra Pradesh. She is the incumbent Member of Legislative Assembly from Tadikonda Assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh.^[1]

Early life and career

Undavalli Sridevi was born in 1968 in Tadikonda, Guntur district. She completed her MBBS from Bangalore in 1993. Her father Undavalli Subbarao contested as MLA from Tadikonda in 1978 from Reddy Congress.^[2]

Political career

• In 2017, Sridevi joined the YSR Congress Party and contested the Tadikonda constituency in the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections, winning with a margin of 4,433 votes against the Telugu Desam Party candidate Tenali Sravan Kumar.^[3]
• In March 2023, she was suspended from the YSR Congress Party.^[4] This was because of allegations of cross-voting.^[5] Following the suspension, Sridevi said that "she was vilified for being a Dalit legislator".^[6] There was media speculation that she might join either the Telugu Desam Party or the Jana Sena Party.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Member's Information - Legislative Assembly - Liferay DXP . 2023-03-26 . www.aplegislature.org.
2. Web site: 2019-03-29 . జనం నాడి తెలిసింది . 2023-03-27 . Sakshi . te.
3. Web site: Tadikonda Constituency Winner List in AP Elections 2019 Tadikonda Constituency Election Results 2019 . 2023-03-27 . www.sakshi.com.
4. Web site: 2023-03-26 . Dalit MLA Vundavalli Sridevi suspended from YSRCP in Andhra alleges threat to life . 2023-03-27 . The News Minute . en.
5. Web site: Bureau . ABP News . Suspended YSRCP MLA Undavalli Sridevi Alleges Threat To Her Life From Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy . 2023-12-23 . ABP Live . en.
6. News: Kanamaluru . Durga Prasad . Suspended MLA Undavalli Sridevi to support Amaravati; vows to give return gift to YSRCP . 20 May 2023 . Newstap . 26 March 2023.
7. News: Will Undavalli Sridevi resign and seek re-election? . 20 May 2023 . Telegu360 . 28 March 2023.