Komatireddy Venkat Reddy

Komtireddy Venkat Reddy (born 23 May 1965) is an Indian politician from Telangana.[1] He is the Member of Parliament of Bhongir Lok Sabha constituency from 2019.[2][3] He was Deputy Floor Leader, Telangana Congress Legislative Party and former MLA of Nalgonda assembly constituency.

Komatireddy Venkat Reddy
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
2019
ConstituencyBhongir, Telangana
Personal details
Born (1965-05-23) 23 May 1965
Telangana, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress
ResidenceNalgonda, Telangana

Early life and education

Komatireddy Venkat Reddy was born in Brahmana Vellemla village, Narketpally, Nalgonda district to a farmer, Papi Reddy. He has a brother, Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy earlier served as Member of Parliament, Bhongir.

  • SSC From Amarajeevi Potti Sreeramulu High School, Malakpet, Hyderabad, Year-1980,
  • Intermediate From N.B. Science College, Pathargatti, Hyderabad, Year-1982,
  • B.E. From Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, Year-1986[4]

Political career

Komati reddy career in politics started in youth congress. He has been in politics since his student days. Komtireddy won as a candidate from Nalgonda assembly constituency four times, in 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014. He was a Minister for Information Technology in YS Rajasekhar Reddy's government.[5] He served as minister for ports.In 2019 Again He Was Elected as Member of Parliament from Bhongir Constituency.

He resigned both his ministry and his assembly seat in support of the Telangana cause in 2010 and again in October 2011, although the Congress government refused to accept his resignation as an MLA.

Komatireddy Venkat Reddy launched a hunger strike in the cause of a separate Telangana state on 1 November 2011 at Nalgonda and continued it for straight 9 days which is unprecedented in Telangana history .

Personal life

Komatireddy Venkat Reddy is married and has one daughter. He also had son, Prateek Reddy, who died in a road accident on 20 December 2011 on Outer Ring Road in Hyderabad.[6]

References
  1. "Komatireddy Venkat Reddy Biography".
  2. "Seventeenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile".
  3. The author has posted comments on this article (14 May 2011). "Jagan is YSR's heir apparent: Komati". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  4. "KOMATIREDDY VENKAT REDDY(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- NALGONDA(NALGONDA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate".
  5. "Komatireddy Venkat Reddy resigns as MLA, Minister". The Hindu. 24 December 2009. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  6. "News18.com: CNN News18 Latest News, Breaking News India, Current News Headlines". Ibnlive.in.com. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
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