Pocharam Srinivas Reddy is an Indian politician and a Member of Legislative assembly representing Banswada constituency in the Telangana legislative assembly. He previously served as the Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly from 2019 to 2023. He was the Minister of Agriculture (2014-2019) in the government of Telangana. Pocharam Srinivas Reddy served as Speaker of Telangana Legislative Assembly from 2019 January 17 to 2023 December 6.

Career

Reddy joined the

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 ...

(TDP) in 1984 from the

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(INC). He worked as a minister twice in TDP government. He was with TDP for 27 years before quitting. In 1994, he contested the Banswada constituency as a TDP candidate and won with a majority of over 57,000 votes. He lost in 2004 against Bajireddy Goverdhan, the INC candidate. In support of the

Telangana Movement The Telangana movement refers to the movement for the separation of Telangana, from the pre-existing state of Andhra Pradesh in India. The new state corresponds to the Telugu-speaking portions of the former princely state of Hyderabad, which w ...

, he joined TRS party in March 2011. He also resigned from his MLA seat and TDP membership.TDP legislator resigns to fight for Telangana
/ref> He went on to contest that year's by-elections and won with a margin of over 49,000 votes against INC candidate, Sangam Srinivasgoud. He was made a Politburo member of the TRS on 24 March 2011. In 2014 Telangana Assembly Election he was re-elected from Banswada Assembly constituency. He was inducted into Cabinet on 2 June 2014 and made Agriculture Minister of Telangana. In Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018, he was re-elected from Banswada Assembly constituency. Subsequently, he was elected as the speaker of the

Telangana Legislative Assembly The Telangana Legislative Assembly (ISO: ''Telangāṇa Śāsana Sabha'') is the lower house of the Telangana Legislature. The Legislative Assembly of Telangana currently consists of 119 elected members. The members of the ''Vidhana Sabha'' ...

Personal life

He was married to Pushpa and has 4 children, Ravinder Reddy, Surendar Reddy, Aruna and Bhasker Reddy.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reddy, Pocharam Srinivas Bharat Rashtra Samithi politicians Former members of Telugu Desam Party Telugu politicians Living people People from Nizamabad, Telangana 1976 births State cabinet ministers of Telangana Telangana MLAs 2014–2018 Telangana MLAs 2018–2023 Speakers of the Telangana Legislative Assembly Telangana MLAs 2023–2028