Byreddy Rajasekhar Reddy (born 1954) is an Indian politician and founder of Rayalaseema Parirakshana Samithi, for separate statehood for

Rayalaseema Rayalaseema (IAST: ''Rāyalasīma'') is a geographic region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It comprises four southern districts of the State, from prior to the districts reorganisation in 2022, namely Kurnool, Anantapur, Kadapa, and ...

region of

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 ...

Early life and education

He was born in Muchumarri village, Pagidyal mandal in Nandikotkur,

Kurnool district Kurnool district is one of the eight districts in the Rayalaseema region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh after the districts are reorganised in April 2022. It is located in the north western part of the state and is bounded by Nandyal d ...

to Byreddy Seshasayana Reddy and late Srimati Susheelamma. Shree Seshasayana Reddy was a three time MLA and he also served as an MLC. Rajasekhar Reddy studied at Badruka College, Hyderabad affiliated to Osmania University (B.Com 1972–75) and he did M.Com at Sir CR Reddy College, Eluru, West Godavari District AP.

Family

His daughter Byreddy Shabari currently represents Nandyal Lok Sabha.

Career

He was an MLA & Cabinet Minister from

Nandikotkur Nandikotkur, natively known as Nandikotkuru, is a municipality and capital of Nandikotkur mandal in Nandyal district of Andhra Pradesh, India. Geography Nandikotkur is located at . It has an average elevation of 292 meters (961 feet). The near ...

constituency in 1994 and 1999 with

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 ...

. He lost election in 2004 and 2009 general elections.

Rayalaseema Parirakshana Samithi

He quit TDP in September 2012 and formed Rayalaseema Parirakshana Samithi (RPS). He has been opposing the bifurcation of the state, and is demanding separate Rayalseema, in case

Telangana Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...

statehood is granted. He did various programmes to bring into focus the problems of

. He undertook a 4-month-long Tractor Yatra across the region, covering over 3000 kilometers. He started ground-level (village level) Bus YATRA program to bring into focus the problems of

from February 2016. He is launching a political outfit soon in Tirupathi.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reddy, Byreddy Ra Living people Former members of Telugu Desam Party People from Kurnool Politicians from Kurnool district 1957 births People from Rayalaseema Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1994–1999 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1999–2004