Bonthu Rammohan (born 5 July 1973) is an Indian politician who was the Mayor of Hyderabad from 2016 to 2020. He belonged to the

Telangana Rashtra Samithi The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (; BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS), is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in the state of Telangana and currently the primary opposition party in the state. It was founde ...

party, but moved to the

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in February 2024.

Early life

Bonthu was born in the village of Amanagal in the district of

Warangal Warangal () is a city in the Indian state of Telangana and the district headquarters of Warangal district. It is the second largest city in Telangana with a population of 811,844 per 2011 Census of India, and spreading over an . Warangal serv ...

to Venkatayya and Kamalamma.

Personal life

He married Sridevi on 7 February 2004 and has two daughters, Kujitha and Ushasri.

Education and student politics

He completed his primary and secondary education in

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and later attended SSC Junior College for his higher secondary education. Bonthu initially attended Adarsh College in

for his tertiary education, but later transferred to

Osmania University Osmania University is a collegiate university, collegiate Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad, issued a ''firman'' calling f ...

in Hyderabad. As a student of Osmania University, he took an interest in student politics. He was an

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leader in his time in university and was quite active in the organisation.Who is Bonthu Rammohan

Political career

His political career started in 2002 just after the TRS party was born with an agenda to achieve separate statehood. He left the ABVP to join the TRS and participated actively in the agitation. This eventually led him to being appointed the TRS Youth Wing State President by party chief K. Chandrashekar Rao. Rammohan campaigned for the Uppal seat in 2018. He was one of the active participants in the TRS party Bahiranga Sabhas. Rammohan and his wife Sridevi Yadav, the

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division corporator, joined the

in the presence of Deepa Dasmunshi, the

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in-charge of Telangana, on 16 February 2024. He was appointed as

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(TPCC) Vice President on 9 June 2025.

References

Living people 21st-century mayors of places in India Mayors of Hyderabad, India Bharat Rashtra Samithi politicians 1973 births {{Telangana-TRS-politician-stub