Sowmya Reddy is an Indian politician from the

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(INC) party. She is the current General Secretary of

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(AIMC) and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). She was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka from Jayanagar in

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. Sowmya Reddy is the daughter of Karnataka Muzrai and Transport Minister,

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. She is an environmentalist, who has campaigned against the use of plastic as well as promoted the planting of trees to increase greenery in Bengaluru. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she has conducted numerous campaigns for providing cooked meals and dry rations to the people in her constituency. Sowmya Reddy lost the state assembly election which was held in May 2023 in

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by merely 16 votes which the Congress Party claims was manipulated by the election officials by considering the postal ballots which were initially rejected and have now challenged the result in court. The party alleged the misuse of government machinery to favour BJP candidate C K Ramamurthy. Sowmya Reddy is an alumna of the

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and the B.PAC Civic Leadership Incubator Program (B.CLIP).

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Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka Living people Karnataka MLAs 2018–2023 Reddy, Sowmya New York Institute of Technology alumni Indian activists {{Karnataka-INC-politician-stub