Sanigaram Santosh Reddy (born 12 November 1942), more commonly known as Santanna, Santosh Reddy, Mrudhu Swabhavi, Pedala Pennidhi by his followers, is an Indian politician and former minister of
Telangana
Telangana is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated in the Southern India, south-central part of the Indian subcontinent on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ele ...
state.
He is also related to Late Sri Muduganti Ramgopal Reddy ex. MP (1971 to 1984) and took him as an inspiration to be a leader.
Family background and education
Reddy was born into a middle-class family at Muchkuru village of Nizamabad District, Telangana. He graduated Bachelor of Arts from the Giriraj government College Nizamabad, Osmania University Andhra Pradesh.
Political career
Entry into politics
He was attracted to politics during his college days and he was influenced by the then socialist leaders Late. Sri Muduganti Ramgopal Reddy, Late. Sri. G. Rajaram and BR Ganga Reddy of
Nizamabad district
Nizamabad district, also known as Induru district, is a district located in the north-western region of the Indian state of Telangana. The city of Nizamabad is the district headquarters. The district share boundaries with Jagtial, Sircilla, N ...
. He was elected as General Secretary in 1964–65 and as president in 1966–67 of Giriraj Government College, Nizamabad. Later he was elected as Grampanchayath Member of Muchkur village in 1970. He was appointed district youth congress President Nizamabad in 1971 and elected as General Secretary for Nizamabad Beedi Mazdur Sangh, Nizamabad. He worked as State Council Member, Andhra Pradesh Youth Congress Committee in 1975. He joined YSR congress party.
Member of legislative assembly
In 1978, Reddy was elected as Member of Legislative Assembly (
MLA),
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 ...
from Armoor constituency along with former Chief Minister Dr. Y. S. Raja Sekhara Reddy and former Chief Minister Mr. Nara Chandra Babu Naidu. He was elected as (MLA) for the second time in the wave of then film star NT Rama Rao in 1983. He was elected for the third time as (MLA) in 1989. And he was elected as (MLA) for the fourth time in 2004 (
BRS).
State minister
Reddy worked as Minister for Roads & Buildings in 1990–1991 and then Finance Minister in 1991–1992 in the Nedurimalli Janardhan Reddy's Cabinet. And in 1992–1993 he worked as Minister for Major Industries in the Kotla Vijaya Bhasker Reddy's Cabinet. Later he worked as Minister for Transport in Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy's Cabinet in 2004–2005.
Acting career
In 1991 Reddy acted as Speaker role in the
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of South India
** Telugu literature, is the body of works written in the Telugu language.
* Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Tel ...
film ''Thegimpu''. He also acted as a poet in a video movie ''Andhra Vaibhavam''.
Personal life
Santosh Reddy is having a son Shanigaram Srinivas Reddy (Vasu Babu), who lives in the US, has entered active politics. He is the presumptive Congress candidate from Armoor for the 2009 general elections.
External links
* http://www.sanigaram.com/
* http://www.rediff.com/election/ap04detail.htm
* http://www.mastindia.com/ap_sheet.htm
* http://www.euroandhra.com/Profiles/Council.html
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1942 births
Living people
Telangana politicians