Singireddy Niranjan Reddy
Indian politician
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Singireddy Niranjan Reddy (born October 4, 1958) is an Indian politician who served as the minister of agriculture, co-operation, and marketing of Telangana from 2019 to 2023. ex-MLA of Wanaparthy constituency in the Telangana Legislative Assembly. He is a politburo member of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi
Singireddy Niranjan Reddy | |
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Singireddy Niranjan Reddy | |
| Minister of Agriculture and Co-operation Government of Telangana | |
| In office 19 February 2019 – 4 December 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Pocharam Srinivas Reddy |
| Succeeded by | Thummala Nageswara Rao |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 October 1958 |
| Party | Bharat Rashtra Samithi |
Early life
He was born in Wanaparthy District in Telangana to Ram Reddy, a farmer. He did his BSc and LLB from Osmania University.[1]
Career
Niranjan Reddy was a practicing lawyer before joining TRS party as a founding member in 2001.
Political career
- Singireddy Niranjan Reddy contested State Legislature from Kollapur in 2004 and Wanaparthy in 2014 but lost.
- He was appointed Vice Chairman, Telangana State Planning Board in December 2014.[2][3]
- He contested State Legislature from Wanaparthy in 2018 elections and won by a margin of 51,685 votes.[4] In 2023, in the Telangana assembly elections, INC's Megha Reddy Tudi, with 107115, defeated BRS's Singireddy Niranjan Reddy[5]
- He worked as a cabinet minister from 2019 to 2023 for agriculture, marketing, cooperation, food & civil supplies, consumer affairs.[6]