Palle Raghunatha Reddy | |
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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 | |
Political party | Telugu Desam Party |
Occupation | Politician |
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]
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]
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]