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. He was born on 4 June 1950 in the Ankalammagudur village from

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. He graduated with a

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from

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and joined the

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-based

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, India's premium

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. 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

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pipes manufacturing in 1984 under the name of Nandi Pipes.

Biography

SPY Reddy began his political career with BJP and unsuccessfully contested from

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Loksabha constituency in 1991 elections. In the 1999 Assembly elections he contested from both Nandyal and

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assembly constituencies as an independent candidate and lost both seats. 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. In 2014, he won for the third time as MP from Nandyal. He won the 2014 elections on a

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ticket and later defected to TDP. In 2019, he left TDP as it denied a ticket to him and joined

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and fought the election on its ticket. He died on 30 April 2019 aged 69 due to multi-organ failure.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reddy, S. P. Y. Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh Telugu politicians 1950 births India MPs 2004–2009 India MPs 2009–2014 Telugu Desam Party politicians Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Andhra Pradesh Jana Sena Party politicians Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh People from Rayalaseema Politicians from Kurnool district People from Nandyal India MPs 2014–2019 2019 deaths Deaths from multiple organ failure YSR Congress Party politicians