Kusukuntla Prabhakar Reddy (born 1965) is an Indian politician and the current member of the legislative assembly representing Munugode (Assembly constituency). He belongs to

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

Early life

He was born in Sarvail village in Samsthan Narayanpur, Nalgonda district, Telangana to Kamalamma and Janga Reddy, a small farmer. He did his B.Ed. from Viveka Vardhini College, Hyderabad and B.Sc. from

Nagarjuna College Nāgārjuna (Sanskrit: नागार्जुन, ''Nāgārjuna''; ) was an Indian monk and Mahāyāna Buddhist philosopher of the Madhyamaka (Centrism, Middle Way) school. He is widely considered one of the most important Buddhist philosoph ...

, Nalgonda.

Career

He started as a teacher and started educational institution and was successful before entering politics.Bathukamma Sarees distribution begins in Telangana; over 1 crore sarees to be distributed
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Political career

He joined

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 ...

in 2002, with his mentor Kallem Yadagiri Reddy, a leading activist for the statehood. He fought for Telangana statehood, was at the forefront during the agitation in Munugode for the statehood. He became very popular with the people for the effort. His mother was a victim of fluorosis, the region rife with such victims.

As MLA

He won as an MLA from Munugode with a huge margin of 38,055 votes majority, highest in Nalgonda District. He worked actively to bring benefits of flagship programs like Mission Kakatiya, to end the water epidemic, fluorosis through Mission Bhagiratha, health, education etc. to the people of Munugode. In 2018 Telangana assembly elections, he once again contested as an MLA from TRS ticket and was defeated by Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy of

with a huge margin of 22,552 votes. He was the TRS Party contestant for the

Munugode Mungode, Munugodu or Munugode is a village located in Munugode Mandal in Nalgonda Division of Nalgonda district of Telangana state, India. It is 21 Kilometers westward from Nalgonda town. Munugode village has a population of 10141, of which 5294 ...

By-Elections 2022, arising due to the resignation of sitting MLA Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy from the office. TRS has won the by-election in Telangana's Munugode by over 10,000 votes with Alliance of CPI and CPM. The TRS candidate, K Prabhakar Reddy, did face a tough fight from the BJP's K Rajagopal Reddy.

Personal life

He is married to Aruna. They have a son and a daughter.

References

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