Palle Raghunatha Reddy
Indian politician
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Palle Raghunatha Reddy is a politician from Andhra Pradesh. He is a two-time Member of the Legislative Assembly representing the Nallamada and Puttaparthi constituencies for the Telugu Desam Party winning in 1999 and 2014 elections.[3] He also served as Information Technology minister.[4]
Palle Raghunatha Reddy | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Information & Public Relations, Information Technology & Communications, Non-Resident Indian Empowerment and Relations, Telugu Language & Culture, Minority Welfare & Empowerment Government of Andhra Pradesh | |
| In office 8 June 2014 – 1 April 2017 | |
| Governor | E. S. L. Narasimhan |
| Chief Minister | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
| Preceded by | President's Rule |
| Succeeded by | Nara Lokesh |
| Member of Legislative Council Andhra Pradesh[1] | |
| In office 2007 - 2009 | |
| Chairman | A. Chakrapani |
| Deputy Chairman | Mohammed Jani |
| Leader of the House | Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy |
| Constituency | Anantapur |
| Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh | |
| In office 2009 - 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency Established |
| Succeeded by | Duddukunta Sudhakar Reddy |
| Constituency | Puttaparthi |
| In office 1999 - 2004 | |
| Preceded by | T. D. Nagaraja Reddy |
| Succeeded by | Kadapala Mohan Reddy |
| Constituency | Nallamada[2] |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Telugu Desam Party |
| Occupation | Politician |
Personal life
Reddy hails from Puttaparthi, Anantapur District., Palle Raghunath Reddy is the chairman of the P.V.K.K. Institute of Technology and Sri Balaji Education Society, Anantapur.[5]
Career
Reddy was first elected in 1999 assembly elections from the Nallamada constituency in Anantapur district. He later served as Chief Government Whip[6] but encountered serious opposition from inside the party.[7] In 2007, he was elected to the Legislative Council.[8]
He along with Nara Chandra Babu launched AP Cloud Initiative at Visakhapatnam.[9]
Later, he won the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election defeating Kadapala Mohan Reddy of Indian National Congress by a margin of 1,021 votes.[10] He won again in 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election defeating Chinthapanti Somasekhara Reddy of YSR Congress Party by a margin of 6,964 votes.[10]