Pocharam Srinivas Reddy | |
Office2: | Minister for Agriculture and Co-operation Government of Telangana |
Term Start2: | 2 June 2014 |
Term End2: | 6 September 2018 |
Governor2: | E. S. L. Narasimhan |
1Blankname2: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata2: | K. Chandrashekar Rao |
Predecessor2: | Position Established |
Successor2: | Singireddy Niranjan Reddy |
Office1: | 2nd Speaker of Telangana Legislative Assembly |
Deputy1: | T. Padma Rao Goud |
1Blankname1: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata1: | K. Chandrashekar Rao |
Term Start1: | 17 January 2019 |
Term End1: | 03 December 2023 |
Predecessor1: | S. Madhusudhana Chary, TRS |
Successor1: | Gaddam Prasad Kumar, INC |
Office3: | Member of Legislative Assembly, Telangana |
Term Start3: | 2 June 2014 |
Predecessor3: | Telangana Assembly Created |
Constituency3: | Banswada |
Office4: | Minister of Panchayatraj Government of Andhra Pradesh |
Term Start4: | 1999 |
Term End4: | 2002 |
Governor4: | Dr. C. Rangarajan |
1Blankname4: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata4: | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
Predecessor4: | Alimineti Madhava Reddy |
Successor4: | Kodela Siva Prasada Rao |
Office5: | Minister for Mines and Geology Government of Andhra Pradesh |
Term Start5: | 1998 |
Term End5: | 1999 |
Governor5: | Dr. C. Rangarajan |
1Blankname5: | Chief Minister |
1Namedata5: | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
Predecessor5: | Koppula Harishwar Reddy |
Successor5: | Uma Madhava Reddy |
Office6: | Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh |
Term Start6: | 2009 |
Term End6: | 2014 |
Predecessor6: | Bajireddy Govardhan |
Successor6: | Telangana Assembly Created |
Constituency6: | Banswada |
Term Start7: | 1994 |
Term End7: | 2004 |
Predecessor7: | Kathera Gangadhar |
Successor7: | Bajireddy Govardhan |
Constituency7: | Banswada |
Residence: | Banswada |
Birth Date: | 10 February 1949 |
Birth Place: | Banswada, Andhra Pradesh (present–day Telangana), India |
Party: | Indian National Congress (until 1984; since 2024) |
Otherparty: | Bharat Rashtra Samithi (2011–2024) Telugu Desam Party (1984–2011) |
Pocharam Srinivas Reddy Parige is an Indian politician and a Member of Legislative assembly representing Banswada constituency in the Telangana legislative assembly. He previously served as the Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly from 17 January 2019 to 2023. He was the Minister of Agriculture (2014-2019) in the government of Telangana.[1]
Pocharam Srinivas Reddy served as Speaker of Telangana Legislative Assembly from 2019 January 17 to 2023 December 6.[2] [3]
Reddy joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 1984 from the Indian National Congress (INC).[4] He worked as a minister twice in TDP government. He was with TDP for 27 years before quitting.[5]
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.[6] He also resigned from his MLA seat and TDP membership.[7] 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.[8]
He was married to Pushpa and has 4 children, Ravinder Reddy, Surendar Reddy, Aruna and Bhasker Reddy.