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Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy

Indian politician

Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy

Minister of Housing, Revenue and Information & Public Relations Government of Telangana
Incumbent
Assumed office 07 December 2023
Governor	Tamilisai Soundararajan (2023-2024) C.P. Radhakrishnan (Additional charge) (2024-present)
Chief Minister	Anumula Revanth Reddy
Preceded by	Vemula Prashanth Reddy (Housing & Revenue) Patnam Mahender Reddy (Information & Public Relations)
Member of Legislative Assembly, Telangana
Incumbent
Assumed office 09 December 2023
Preceded by	Kandala Upender Reddy
Constituency	Palairu
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 26 May 2014 – 23 May 2019
Preceded by	Nama Nageswara Rao
Succeeded by	Nama Nageswara Rao
Constituency	Khammam

Personal details
Born	(1965-10-28) 28 October 1965 (age 58) Narayanapuram, Kallur, Khammam
Political party	Indian National Congress (2023 - Present)
Other political affiliations	Bharat Rashtra Samithi (2016-2023) YSR Congress Party (2011-2016)
Spouse	Ponguleti Madhuri

Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy is an Indian politician currently serving as a Minister for Revenue, Housing, Information and Public Relations in Government of Telangana, since 7 December 2023. Reddy represented Khammam Lok Sabha constituency between 2014-2019.

Political career

He won Lok Sabha election from Khammam as a YSRCP candidate in 2014.

He later changed to regional political party TRS (Telangana Rashtra Samithi). In the general elections of 2018. he supported the M.L.A. candidate Lingala Kamalraju on behalf of the TRS.

In 2023, Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy was suspended from BRS party (formerly TRS), for alleged anti-party activities.^[1] Later he Joined in Congress on 2nd July 2023 at ‘Telangana Jana Garjana’ public meeting held in Khammam in the presence of Rahul Gandhi.^[2]^[3]

In 2023 Telangana Assembly Election, Reddy elected from Palair Assembly Constituency with a huge Majority of 56,650 Votes. Reddy is currently serving as Cabinet Minister with Revenue & Housing and Information & Public Relations departments in the Government of Telangana.^[4]^[5]

References

^ Deccan Chronicle (10 April 2023). "BRS suspends Ponguleti, Jupally". Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ NDTV (3 July 2023). "Former Leader Of KCR's Party Joins Congress". Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ The Hindu (2 July 2023). "Congress will come to power, usher in 'pro-poor' regime: Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy". Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
^ The Hindu (9 December 2023). "Portfolios allocated to Ministers in the new Telangana Cabinet". Archived from the original on 21 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
^ India Today (9 December 2023). "Revanth Reddy assigns portfolios to 11 ministers in Telangana Cabinet: Full list". Archived from the original on 21 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.