Bhuma Akhila Priya (born 2 April 1987) is an Indian politician from

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...

. She is the former Tourism and Culture minister of

. She is currently the member of legislative assembly (MLA) from Allagadda assembly constituency (

Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (TDP; ) is an Indian regional political party primarily active in the Federated state, states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was founded by Telugu cinema, Telugu matinée idol N. T. Rama Rao (NTR) on 29 March 1982 a ...

Early life

Akhila Priya was born to

Bhuma Nagi Reddy Bhuma Nagi Reddy (8 January 196412 March 2017) was an Indian politician. He was elected in a by-election to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1992 after the sudden death of his brother, Bhuma Sekhar Reddy, an MLA from Allagadda const ...

and

Shobha Nagi Reddy Bhuma Shobha Nagi Reddy (16 December 1968 – 24 April 2014) was an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh, India. She represented the Allagadda constituency in the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh for four terms until 2012 when she resign ...

in Allagadda,

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, Andhra Pradesh. She is the eldest of three children. In 2014, she had to contest the Allagadda by-election which fell vacant due to the death of her mother in a road accident. She was unanimously elected representing the

YSR Congress Party The Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (, YSRCP or YCP), often shortened to simply the YSR Congress Party, is an Indian Regionalism (politics), regional political party based in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The party was initially registere ...

. In 2018, she married industrialist Bharghava Ram.

Political career

In 2014, she won as a

Member of the Legislative Assembly A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected to sit in a legislative assembly. The term most commonly refers to members of the legislature of a federated state or an autonomous region, but is also used for several nation ...

from the

Allagadda assembly constituency Allagadda Assembly constituency is a constituency in Nandyal district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Nandyal Lok Sabha constituency ...

by-election representing

. Later in 2016, she joined

along with her father

and served as the ''Minister for Tourism, Telugu Language and Culture'' under the Telugu Desam Party government. In 2019, she contested from Allagadda assembly constituency from Telugu Desam Party and lost the election to Gangula Bijendra Reddy of YSR Congress Party. In 2024, she was again elected as a member of the legislative assembly.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Priya, Bhuma Akhila Telugu Desam Party politicians Living people 1987 births 21st-century Indian women politicians Women members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2014–2019 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2024–2029