Kotha Prabhakar Reddy is an Indian politician who won a by-election held in 2014 for the
Medak (Lok Sabha constituency)
Medak Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 17 Lok Sabha (Lower House of the Parliament) constituencies in Telangana state in southern India.
Overview
Since its inception in 1957 Medak seat is a Congress stronghold, various political outfits li ...
being
Bharat 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 ...
candidate.
He won by a margin of 3,61,277 votes in the by-poll, which was a shock for the opposition who had expected the ruling TRS party to lose their seat after party head
K. Chandrashekhar Rao had resigned from the seat after taking oath as the chief minister of the newly formed state Telangana.
Kotha Prabhakar Reddy was born to a Farmer and had a humble beginning.
On October 30, 2023, an unidentified person attacked Reddy with a knife in the stomach while posing as if to shake hands with him during a campaign in
Siddipet district
Siddipet district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. Its headquarters is Siddipet. This district contains a part of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region(Markook, Telangana, Markook Mulugu Saraswati Temple, Wargal, Wargal) The district ...
. He was promptly apprehended by fellow followers and is currently in police custody, undergoing interrogation.
References
External links
Official biographical sketch on the Parliament of India website
India MPs 2014–2019
Lok Sabha members from Telangana
Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people
1966 births
People from Medak district
India MPs 2019–2024
Bharat Rashtra Samithi politicians
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