Peddireddy Venkata Midhun Reddy, commonly known as P. V. Midhun Reddy, is an Indian politician who is the current Member of Parliament in the

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and

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from Rajampet constituency. He acts as the panel speaker of Lok Sabha representing the

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and Lok Sabha floor leader. He is currently under judicial custody in

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over alleged involvement in AP liquor scam.

Electoral performance

He won the

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on former

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Daggubati Purandeswari Daggubati Purandeswari (born 22 April 1959) is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. She is the president of Bharatiya Janata Party, Andhra Pradesh. She is currently serving as a Member of Parliament of Lok Sabha representi ...

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being a YSR Congress Party candidate. In 2019, P. V. Mithun Reddy contested the

2019 Indian general elections General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May. Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and vote ...

from the Rajampet Lok Sabha constituency on YSR Congress Party ticket and won with a thumping majority of votes against his closest rival

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of the

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. He won re-election in 2024 against former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister

Kiran Kumar Reddy Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy (born 13 September 1960) is an Indian politician who served as the 16th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh between 25 November 2010 and 1 March 2014. He was the last Chief Minister of the Andhra Pradesh before the format ...

of the

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by a margin of 76,000 votes.

First term 2014–2018

He began his first term as a Member of Parliament on 18 May 2014, and term ended at 20 June 2018. His individual attendance at the Parliament was 53%.

Second term 2019–2024

He began second term as a Member of Parliament from May 2019.

Personal details

He is the son of a former minister of

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, who is now serving as a Member of Legislative Assembly of

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and has taken oath as the cabinet minister for Panchayati Raj & Rural Development, Mining & Geology on 8 June 2019 of Andhra Pradesh. His paternal uncle P. Dwarakanath Reddy was elected to Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Thamballapalle in 2019 with highest majority in the Chittoor district. His total assets are ₹ 665.1 million as per his asset's declaration in Election Affidavit 2019.

Cases & disputes

2015 Airport issue

On 26 November 2015, he allegedly slapped or assaulted a Station Manager S. Rajasekhar of

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and a criminal case registered against him on his arrival from

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around 01:30 pm on issuing boarding passes. The Official did not complain immediately but after pursuit by Senior Civil Aviation Officials.

Staffer sustained fractures in the

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and

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and was shifted to a private Hospital in

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. Immigration Officials detained him in

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and handed over to AP Police. He along with Co-accused

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YSR Congress Party Co-incharge

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was brought from Chennai to

Police Station. The two were produced before a First-class Judicial magistrate, who remanded them in custody for 14 days. Then they moved him to

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Cases

There were several criminal cases on him under IPC Sections 333, 324, 448, 427, 34, 149, 188, 341, 323. # 1 charge related to Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to deter public servant from his duty (IPC Section-333) # 1 charge related to Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means (IPC Section-324) # 2 charges related to house-trespass (IPC Section-448) # 2 charges related to Mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees (IPC Section-427 # 2 charges related to Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention (IPC Section-34 # 1 charge related to Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object (IPC Section-149) # 1 charge related to Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant (IPC Section-188) # 1 charge related to wrongful restraint (IPC Section-341) # 1 charge related to voluntarily causing hurt (IPC Section-323)

References

Living people Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh India MPs 2014–2019 YSR Congress Party politicians People from Kadapa district Telugu politicians 1972 births India MPs 2019–2024 India MPs 2024–2029 {{18th LS members from Andhra Pradesh