Revanth Reddy

Anumula Revanth Reddy (born 8 November 1969)[1] is an Indian politician. He is the Member of parliament in the 17th Lok Sabha, from the Indian National Congress representing the Malkajgiri constituency. Reddy currently serves as the working president of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee, and was a member of the Telugu Desam Party until 2017.

Revanth Reddy
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 2019
Preceded by	Malla Reddy
Constituency	Malkajgiri, Telangana
Member of the Legislative Assembly Telangana
In office 2014–2018
Constituency	Kodangal, Telangana
Member of the Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh (Erstwhile)
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	Gurunath Reddy
Member of the Legislative Council Andhra Pradesh (Erstwhile)
In office 2008–2009
Personal details
Born	Anumula Revanth Reddy 8 November 1969[1] Kodad, Suryapet district, Andhra Pradesh, India (now in Telangana, India)
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Indian National Congress
Other political affiliations	Telugu Desam Party (Until 2017)
Spouse(s)	Geetha (m.1992)[2][3]
Children	Nymisha[4]
Relatives	Kondal Reddy Thirupathi Reddy (brothers)
Residence	Road no - 12 Colony, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana
Occupation	Politician
Website	www.revanthreddy.com

Early life and education

Revanth Reddy was born on 8 November 1969[1] at Kondareddy Pally of Mahboobnagar district. He is a graduate in Arts. He was interested in politics since his school days. He was a leader of student union during his school days.[5] He married to a former central minister and congress party senior leader Jaipal Reddy brother's daughter. Bachelor of Arts from A.V.College, Osmania University in 1992[6]

Political career

He was a member in ABVP while he was a student. He got married in 1992 at an early age of 24. Later he started his political career with TDP in 2004.

Zilla Parishad Territory Constituency

He lobbied for Midjil ZPTC ticket from TRS in 2006. MADHARAM one of the village of the midjil mandal played a vital role for his win as a ZPTC of midjil. He contested as independent and won.[7]

Member of Legislative Council

He was elected as a Member of Legislative Council MLC as an independent candidate in 2008. Later, he met TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu and joined the Telugu Desam Party.

Member of Legislative Assembly

In 2009 he was elected to the Andhra Pradesh assembly from Kodangal Constituency[8][5] with 46.45% Votes.[7] He declared his assets in election affidavit as 3.6 crores with 73 lakhs liabilities.[9] During his first term of office he commenced the construction of Kosigi bus depot and also a polytechnic college. He once again contested in 2014 general elections and elected to the Telangana assembly from Kodangal Constituency [5] with a majority of 14,614 votes. He declared his assets in 2014 elections as 13.12 crores with 3.3 crores liabilites.[9] He was elected as Floor leader of Telugu Desam Party in Telangana Legislative Assembly.

On 25 October 2017, the TDP announced that it was removing Reddy as the leader of the Telangana TDP after reports surfaced that Reddy would consider joining the Indian National Congress.He contested 2018 Telangana Assembly elections once again from Kodangal as lost to TRS Candidate Patnam Narender Reddy with margin of 11000 votes. [10]

On 20 September 2018 he was appointed as one of the three working presidents of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee. [11]

Member of Parliament

He contested 2019 General Elections and won the Lok Sabha seat of Malkajgiri by a margin of 10,919 votes and securing 38.6% votes and defeated his nearest rival Marri Rajashekar Reddy of TRS. He contested on a ticket from Indian National Congress Party.

Political statistics

[12]

S.No	Year	Assembly Constituency	Opponent	Votes	Difference	Result
1	2009	Kodangal	Gurunath Reddy (INC)	61685-54696	6989	Won
2	2014	Kodangal	Gurunath Reddy (TRS)	54026-39412	14614	Won
3	2018	Kodangal	Patnam Narender Reddy (TRS)	58943-68020	11000	Lost

S.No	Year	Loksabha Constituency	Opponent	Votes	Difference	Result
1	2019	Malkajgiri	Marri Rajashekar reddy (TRS)	603748-592829	10,919	Won

Arrest for bribery

On 31 May 2015, Revanth Reddy was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) during a sting operation after bribing nominated MLA Elvis Stephenson to vote in favour of the TDP candidate in the Legislative Council election.[13][14][15][16] He was remanded in judicial custody for 14 days. On 15 June 2015, the court extended remand for 15 more days till 29 June 2015.[17] A criminal case under sections of Prevention of Corruption Act and sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy) – read with section 34 (common intention) of Indian Penal Code was registered against him along with two others - Bishop Sebastian Harry and Uday Simha. On 30 June, Telangana High Court gave conditional bail. TDP party members celebrated Revanth Reddy's release on 1 July 2015 with a rally.[18][19] He is on bail and not allowed to cross Hyderabad without ACB permission.[19]

References

1. Thomas, Soumya (4 December 2018). "Telangana Assembly Elections: Key candidates in fray". www.indiatvnews.com.
2. "Illali Muchatlu With Geetha (Revanth Reddy Wife) 17th Nov 2011 Abn Andhrajyothy". youtube.com. 17 November 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
3. "Revanth Reddy's Wife yells at Telugu Tammullu". tupaki.com. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
4. "Revanth Reddy Daughter Wedding Highlights". YouTube.com. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
5. "Anumula Revanth Reddy". telangananewsonline.com. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
6. "Anumula Revanth Reddy(TDP):Constituency- KODANGAL(MAHBUBNAGAR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". Myneta.info. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
7. "ANUMULA REVANTH REDDY 'S Profile". partyanalyst.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
8. "Do you want water for irrigation or tears: KTR shouts to Kodangal voters | Hyderabad News - Times of India". The Times of India.
9. ADR. "Asset and declared cases comparison:Anumula Revanth Reddy".
10. "Telangana TDP clips wings of MLA said to be eyeing Congress entry". Indianexpress.com. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
11. "Congress leader Revanth Reddy, the rising star of Telangana politics". Newsd www.newsd.in. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
12. "Sitting and previous MLAs from Kodangal Assembly Constituency". elections.in. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
13. "How TDP's Revanth Reddy Walked Into the Trap". The New Indian Express.
14. "TDP MLA Revanth Reddy caught bribing". The Hindu. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
15. "TDP Telangana MLA Revanth Reddy caught red handed by ACB in a multi-crore bribery attempt". ibnlive. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
16. "TDP Legislator Trapped While Allegedly Offering Bribe, 3 Arrested". ndtv. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.
17. "Revant Reddy's Remand Extended for 29 June 2015". telangananewspaper.com. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
18. Revanth Reddy gets Bail from High Court in Cash for Vote scam - Telangana TDP - Chandrababu. YouTube. 29 June 2015.
19. "Revanth Reddy remanded in judicial custody, lodged in jail". The Hindu. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2015.