Balka Suman
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Balka Suman | |
|---|---|
 Suman in 2018 | |
| Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly | |
| In office December 2018 – December 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Nallala Odelu |
| Succeeded by | G Vivek Venkata Swamy |
| Constituency | Chennur |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 2014 – December 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Gaddam Vivek Venkatswamy |
| Succeeded by | Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta |
| Constituency | Peddapalli |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 October 1983 |
| Party | Bharat Rashtra Samithi |
| Alma mater | Osmania University |
Balka Suman (born 18 October 1983) is an Indian politician. He is a former Member of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha from Peddapalli, Telangana.[1] He won the 2014 Indian general election being a Bharat Rashtra Samithi candidate.[2][3] He has been elected as an MLA from Chennur constituency in 2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election.[4]
He lost his election in 2023.[5]
Suman was born on 18 October 1983 in Regunta village of Karimnagar district of Telangana (erstwhile Andhra Pradesh) to Balka Suresh and Muttamma.[6] His father Balka Suresh has been a strong TRS party supporter and Metpally TRS party president during Telangana movement; presently he is the Metpally Market Committee chairman; his mother Muttamma is a housewife. Suman has two siblings, a younger brother and sister. He is married to Rani Alekhya,[6] a TV journalist, in 2013 and the couple has two children – Suhan and Sushan.
Suman completed primary education from Class 1 to 4 at Metpally. From Class 5 to 9, he studied at APSWR (TWSR) School for boys at Pembatla in Jagitial district. From SSC to Intermediate, he studied at APSWR (TSWRJC) at Rukmapur, Choppadandi in Karimnagar district.
After junior college, Balka Suman graduated with B.A. (HEP) Degree from Government Degree College, Korutla, Jagityal district. The year 2003 is significant in Suman's life as it marked his entry to Osmania University to do Master's in English at Secunderabad PG College. Suman joined M.Phil. in Linguistics in 2004 but dropped out of it as he was busy with student politics and separate Telangana movement. In 2008, he registered for PhD. in English at Arts College, Osmania University. His area of research is Native American Literature. He was awarded PhD in May 2023.[7]
