Tolkanti Prakash Goud (born 5 May 1959) is an Indian politician from

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 ...

, India. He is a four time MLA from

Rajendranagar Assembly constituency Rajendranagar is a legislative constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of the constituencies in Ranga Reddy district. It is part of Chevella Lok Sabha constituency. It is also one of the 24 constituencies of Greater Hyd ...

Ranga Reddy district Ranga Reddy district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. The district headquarters is located at Kongara Kalan Village, Ibrahimpatnam Mandal. The district was named after the former deputy chief minister of the United Andhra Prade ...

. He represents

Bharat Rashtra Samithi The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (; BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS), is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in the state of Telangana and currently the primary opposition party in the state. It was founde ...

and won the

2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election The 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election was held on 2023 elections in India, 30 November 2023 to elect all List of constituencies of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, 119 members of Telangana Legislative Assembly for its third term. ...

. He has been an elected MLA from Rajendranagar continuously from 2009. In July 2024, he joined

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

Party.

Personal life

Goud is from

Rajendranagar Rajendranagar is a mandal in Ranga Reddy district of the Indian state of Telangana. and it is also Rajendranagar revenue division. Rajendranagar is being developed as an IT hub. The Government of Telangana has planned to develop an IT cluster ...

. He was born in Mylar Devarapalli village, Rajendranagar mandal, Ranga Reddy district, to father Tolkanti Gandaiah Goud and Lakshmamma. He left school after Class 5. He married Sulochana and they have three sons and two daughters. He also has a granddaughter Vennela and grandson, Vishwak Sen.

Career

Goud was elected to

representing

in the

. He polled 121,734 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Thokala Srinivas Reddy of

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

, by a margin of 32,096 votes. He won as an MLA for the first time in 2009 representing

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 ...

in the

2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election The 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election took place in April 2009, concurrently with the 2009 Indian general election. The elections were held in the state in the first phase on 16 April 2009 and the second phase on 23 April 2009. ...

where he polled 49,522 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Kasani Gnaneshwar Mudiraj of Indian National Congress, by a margin of 7,485 votes. He retained the seat as TDP candidate in the

2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election The 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election took place on 30 April and 7 May 2014 to elect members to the legislatures of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Legislative Assembly, Telangana. It was held ...

where he polled 77.843 votes and defeated his nearest rival, B Gnaneshwar of Indian National Congress, by 25,881 votes. Later, he moved to

Telangana Rashtra Samithi The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (; BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS), is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in the state of Telangana and currently the primary opposition party in the state. It was founde ...

and won the

2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election The 2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election was held on 7 December 2018 which marked the second electoral event since the Telangana movement, state's formation in 2014. Key contenders included the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), Indian Na ...

and became a four time MLA winning the 2023 Assembly election. In 2018 he polled 108,964 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Ganesh Renukuntla of Telugu Desam party, by 58,373 votes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Prakash Goud, T. 1959 births Living people Telugu Desam Party politicians from Telangana Bharat Rashtra Samithi politicians Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2014–2019 Telangana MLAs 2018–2023 Telangana MLAs 2023–2028 People from Ranga Reddy district Telugu politicians