Somireddy Chandra Mohan Reddy is an Indian politician from Sarvepalli in

Nellore district Nellore district, officially known as Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore district in Coastal Andhra Region, is one of the 26 districts in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. According to the 2011 Census, the district's population was 2,963,557 of which ...

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and a member of 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 ...

. He is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly and a former member of the

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. Previously, he has held several cabinet ministerial positions in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Personal life

Reddy was born on 26 March 1956 in Allipuram,

Nellore Nellore, also spelt as Nelluru, is a city located on the banks of Penna River, in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, India.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 ...

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. He served as DCCB chairman in 1987. He was a protester of Anti-Sara Movement during 1991 and 1992. As the movement progressed and Late

N. T. Rama Rao Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (28 May 1923 – 18 January 1996), often referred to by his initials NTR, was an Indian actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, film editor, philanthropist, and politician who served as the Chief Minister o ...

agreed with Reddy to join him, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh

Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy (16 August 1920 – 27 September 2001) served as the 9th chief minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh in 1983 and then from 1992 to 1994. Reddy was a member of the Indian National Congress and was elected ...

relented and outlawed it.

Political career

Reddy was appointed in-charge of the

(TDP) for

in 1992. He contested and won as a

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(MLA) for the first time from the

Sarvepalli Assembly constituency Sarvepalli Assembly constituency is a constituency in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Tirupati Lok Sabha constitue ...

in 1994. During 1996 to 1999, he was appointed the Minister of Youth Services and Sports under the First N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry. In 1999, Reddy once again contested as a MLA and won, representing the same constituency until 2004. In 2001, He was appointed Minister of Information and Broadcasting under the Second N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry. In 2004, he was again appointed the in-charge of the TDP for Nellore district. Later, in 2011 he became a member of the TDP politburo. In 2015, he was nominated and appointed a

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(MLC) and served as the Minister of Agriculture, Horticulture, Sericulture and Agri-Processing from 2017 to 2019 under the Third N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry. He resigned as a MLC in 2019 to contest as a

from Sarvepalli in the

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. Reddy is considered one of the oldest continuing members and played a key role in the TDP activities. He contested and won as a Member of the Legislative Assembly from Sarvepalli in the

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after nearly 2 decades.

References

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