T. Padma Rao Goud

Thigulla Padma Rao Goud (born 7 April 1954) is an Indian politician who is the current and 2nd Deputy Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly from 24 February 2019 and Member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly from Secunderabad Constituency from 2 June 2014.[4][5] He was the minister of Excise, Sports, Prohibition from 2014 to 2018 in Telangana.[6][7][8]

T. Padma Rao Goud
2nd Deputy Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
24 Feb 2019
Preceded byPadma Devender Reddy, TRS
ConstituencySecunderabad Constituency, Hyderabad
Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2 June 2014
Preceded byPosition Established
Personal details
Born
Thigulla Padma Rao Goud[1]

(1954-04-07) 7 April 1954[2]
Secunderabad,[3] Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh (present-day Telangana, India)
Political partyBharat Rashtra Samithi
SpouseSwarupa Rani
ChildrenKishore Goud, Kiran Goud, Rameshwar Goud, Trinethra Goud, Mounika Goud, Manisha Goud
ResidenceHyderabad

Early life

Padma Rao was born on 7 April 1954 in Secunderabad. He studied till Intermediate in Govt. Junior College, SP Road, Secunderabad.

Political career

He entered politics after education and served as a Municipal Councillor in 1984 & 2001 (Hyderabad Municipal Corporation). Later in 2001 he joined Telangana Rashtra Samithi.[9] He won from Secunderabad Assembly constituency in 2004 Assembly Election. In 2009 Assembly election he lost from Sanathnagar Assembly constituency to Congress candidate Marri Shashidhar Reddy.

In 2014 Telangana Assembly Election he was re-elected from Secunderabad Assembly constituency. He was inducted into Cabinet on June 2, 2014, and made Excise and Prohibition, Sports and Youth Services Minister of Telangana. In December 2018, he became the Deputy Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly.[10]

T Padma Rao Goud, Deputy Speaker in his office

Personal life

He is married to Swarupa Rani and has 4 sons and 2 daughters, namely Kishore Goud, Kiran Goud, Rameshwar Goud, Trinethra Goud, Aishwarya Goud and Mounika Goud.

References
  1. Charan (14 May 2019). "Deputy Speaker Thigulla Padma Rao Goud felicitates SSC toppers". The Hans India. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  2. https://www.telanganalegislature.org.in/web/legislative-assembly/members-information?p_auth=xwLMjkF6&p_p_id=AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_count=1&_AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet_const_id=70&_AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet_javax.portlet.action=getMemberDetails&_AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet_mem_id=1241&_AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet_term_id=15
  3. https://www.telanganalegislature.org.in/web/legislative-assembly/members-information?p_auth=xwLMjkF6&p_p_id=AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_count=1&_AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet_const_id=70&_AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet_javax.portlet.action=getMemberDetails&_AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet_mem_id=1241&_AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet_term_id=15
  4. "Election Commission Of India". eciresults.nic.in. ECI.
  5. "Secunderabad Assembly Election 2014".
  6. "KCR to Be Sworn in Telangana State's First CM on June 2". Deccan-Journal. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
  7. "Council of Ministers". telangana.gov.in. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  8. "Padma Rao to be new deputy speaker of Telangana - Times of India". The Times of India. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  9. "Suryapet Assembly Election 2014".
  10. "Deputy Speaker - Legislative Assembly - Telangana-Legislature".
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