Pocharam Srinivas Reddy

Pocharam Srinivas Reddy Parige is an Indian politician who is the current and 2nd Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly from 17 January 2019 and Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly from Banswada constituency. He was the Minister of Agriculture (2014-2019) in the government of Telangana.[1]

Pocharam Srinivas Reddy
Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly
2nd Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
17 January 2019
DeputyT. Padma Rao Goud
Preceded byS. Madhusudhana Chary, TRS
Minister of Agriculture and Co-operation
Government of Telangana
In office
2 June 2014 – 6 September 2018
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded bySingireddy Niranjan Reddy
ConstituencyBanswada
Personal details
Born (1949-02-10) 10 February 1949
Banswada
Political partyBharat Rashtra Samithi
Other political
affiliations		Telugu Desam Party
ResidenceBanswada

Career

Reddy joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 1984 from the Indian National Congress (INC).[2] He worked as a minister twice in TDP government. He was with TDP for 27 years before quitting.[3]

In 1994, he contested the Banswada constituency as a TDP candidate and won with a majority of over 57,000 votes. He lost in 2004 against Bajireddy Govardhan, the INC candidate. In support of the Telangana Movement, he joined TRS party in March 2011.[4] He also resigned from his MLA seat and TDP membership.[5] He went on to contest that year's by-elections and won with a margin of over 49,000 votes against INC candidate, Sangam Srinivasgoud. He was made a Politburo member of the TRS on 24 March 2011.

In 2014 Telangana Assembly Election he was re-elected from Banswada Assembly constituency. He was inducted into Cabinet on 2 June 2014 and made Agriculture Minister of Telangana.

In Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018, he was re-elected from Banswada Assembly constituency. Subsequently, he was elected as the speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly.

Personal life

He was married to Pushpa and has 4 children, Ravinder Reddy, Surendar Reddy, Aruna and Bhasker Reddy.

References
  1. "I voted for TRS, says Pocharam | Deccan Chronicle". Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  2. "TDP legislator quits over Telangana issue". Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  3. "TDP MLA to resign Nizamabad: Telugu". Times Of India. 2 March 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  4. 'Nagam sent Pocharam to TRS' - Times Of India
  5. TDP legislator resigns to fight for Telangana
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