Sanjeevareddygari Savitha (born 10 February 1977) is an Indian politician from

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...

. She is a first-time MLA from Penukonda Assembly constituency in

Sri Sathya Sai district Sri Sathya Sai district is a district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Its headquarters is at Puttaparthi. It was formed on 4 April 2022 from parts of the erstwhile Anantapur district. Etymology This district is named after Indian Gur ...

. She represents

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 ...

. She won the

2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election The 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election was held in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh on 13 May 2024 for constituting the 16th Andhra Pradesh Assembly, sixteenth Andhra Pradesh Assembly. The ...

. In June 2024, she was inducted into the Fourth N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry.

Early life and education

She was born in Penukonda in the erstwhile

Anantapur district Anantapur district, officially Ananthapuramu district, is one of the eight districts in the Rayalaseema region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The district headquarters is located in Anantapur city. It is one of the driest places in South ...

to Somandepalli Ramachandra Reddy. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in 1998 at

Sri Krishnadevaraya University Sri Krishnadevaraya University is a public university in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India, founded on 25 July 1981. The university is named after a patron of learning and the arts, Sri Krishnadevaraya, of the Vijayanagara empire The ...

, Anantapur.

Career

Savitha won the

from Penukonda Assembly constituency representing

. She polled 1,13,832 votes and defeated K. V. Ushashri Charan of YSR Congress Party by a margin of 33,388 votes. She was given the portfolio of B.C. Welfare, economically weaker sections welfare, handlooms and textiles in the cabinet of

Chandrababu Naidu Nara Chandrababu Naidu (; born 20 April 1950), commonly known as CBN, is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the 13th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. He holds the record of longest-serving Chief Minister in the political history ...

References

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