Dr. Dasoju Sravan Kumar (born 7 September 1966) is an Indian politician from

Telangana State 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 ...

. He was named as BRS candidate for MLC elections under the MLA quota on 9 March 2025and unanimously elected as Member of

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on 13 March 2025.

Political career

Dasoju Sravan Kumar started his career as RSS activist and was elected as general secretary of ABVP Arts College,

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 ...

. He actively participated in all student movements and also fought for the rights of weaker sections. Sravan later joined

Praja Rajyam Party The Praja Rajyam Party () was a political party in India. Formation The first public meeting of the party was held by Chiranjeevi on 26 August 2008, at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. Praja Rajyam means people's rule in Telugu language, Telugu. H ...

and unsuccessfully contested from

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in 2009 Loksabha elections and stood third place with 91,414 votes. and later started taking active part in the

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and joined TRS Party he emerged as the Vocal Telangana Activist and a face of the Historical Struggle during the Telangana movement under Telangana ideologue Prof Jayashankar Sir and BRS founder KCR's mentoring. He was later appointed as TRS Politburo member and TRS party's official spokesperson. Dasoju Sravan Wanted to contest in elections from Bhongir or Musheerabad, But failed to get TRS party ticket and later he joined Congress Party on 12 April 2014 and was appointed as the Chief Spokesperson of TPCC Dasoju Sravan Kumar unsuccessfully contested from Khairatabad Assembly Constituency in 2018 Telangana Assembly Elections and later he was appointed as All India Congress Committee (AICC) National Spokesperson. He left Congress blaming the functioning style of TPCC President

Revanth Reddy Anumula Revanth Reddy (born 8 November 1969) is an Indian politician who is serving as the second and current Chief Minister of Telangana since 7 December 2023. As a member of the Indian National Congress, he is the current Member of the Legisl ...

and joined

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in the presence of Telangana BJP in-charge Tarun Chugh on 5 August 2022. Sravan quit BJP and returned to

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 ...

ahead of the Munugode Assembly Constituency byelection on 21 October 2022. Sravan Kumar named as MLC under the Governor’s quota by BRS party in August 2023 after State Cabinet’s decision, but were rejected by the Governor

Tamilisai Soundararajan Tamilisai Soundararajan (born 2 June 1961) is an Indian politician belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party. She served as the second Governor of Telangana, and also served as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry (Additional charge) from 18 February 202 ...

referring to Article 171(5) of the Constitution, which says that Members of Legislative Councils nominated by the Governor shall have "special knowledge or practical experience" related to "literature, science, art, co-operative movement and social service." Dasoju Sravan Kumar was named as BRS MLC candidate under the MLA quota on 9 March 2025 and unanimously elected as Member of

on 13 March 2025. He took oath as MLC on 16 April 2025.

References

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