Arava Sreedhar (born 1997) is an Indian politician from

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. He is an MLA from Kodur Assembly constituency in

Annamayya district Annamayya district is one of the eight districts in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, established in 2022. Rayachoti serves as the district's administrative headquarters, while Madanapalle is the most populous city in the district. Etym ...

. He represents

Jana Sena Party The Jana Sena Party (; JSP) is an Indian political party active in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Founded by Pawan Kalyan on 14 March 2014, it is currently the second largest party in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and a pa ...

. He won the

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where JSP is part of an alliance with TDP and BJP.

Early life and education

Sreedhar is from Kodur, in the present Annamayya district. His father Arava Venkataiah is a farmer. He completed his B.Tech. at Rajiv Gandhi Memorial College of Engineering, Nandyal.

Political career

Sreedhar won the

from Kodur Assembly constituency representing

. He polled 78,594 votes and defeated three time MLA Koramutla Srinivasulu of

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by a margin of 11,101. He joined Jana Sena Party only a few days before his nomination was announced by party chief

Pawan Kalyan Konidela Pawan Kalyan (born Konidela Kalyan Kumar; 2 September 1971) is an Indian politician, actor, philanthropist, and martial artist serving as the List of deputy chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh, 11th Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Prade ...

on 4 April 2024 but he kept the confidence of his leader and won the seatand later on 12 November 2024 was appointed whip.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sreedhar, Arava Living people 1997 births Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2024–2029 Jana Sena Party politicians People from Kadapa district Telugu politicians