Vemula Veeresham (born 1982) 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 ...

. He represented Nakrekal Assembly constituency. He initially belonged 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 ...

but later 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 ...

Early life

He was born to Vemula Kondaiah and Mallamma in Utukur village of Shali Gowraram Mandal Nalgonda district, Telangana, India and belongs to scheduled caste, Madiga community. He has completed his school education in Z.P.H.S. Madhavaram Kalan and his intermediate and degree in Nakrekal. Since his school education itself he actively participated in the student organization P.D.S.U.

Political career

Veeresham won from Nakrekal in 2014 Telangana Assembly Elections for the first time by defeating sitting MLA Chirumarthi Lingaiah. Being brought up from a poor backward family he knows the problems of the poor very well. Several development activities were initiated with the support of Minister for Energy, Telangana G. Jagadish Reddy. He again contested as an MLA on

ticket in 2018 Assembly Elections. He was defeated by Chirumarthi Lingaiah of

. In

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 contested from the Indian National Congress and won with a majority of 68000 votes.https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenDecNew2023/candidateswise-S2995.htm

Personal life

He is married to Pushpa Latha. They have a son, Vipul Kumar and a daughter, Vinuthna.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Veeresham, Vemula Living people Bharat Rashtra Samithi politicians Telangana MLAs 2014–2018 1982 births