Vangalapudi Anitha | |
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| Minister of Home Affairs and Disaster Management Government of Andhra Pradesh | |
| Assumed office 12 June 2024 | |
| Governor | S. Abdul Nazeer |
| Chief Minister | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
| Preceded by | Taneti Vanitha |
| Member of theAndhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Golla Baburao |
| Constituency | Payakaraopet |
| In office 2014–2019 | |
| Preceded by | Golla Babu Rao |
| Succeeded by | Golla Babu Rao |
| Constituency | Payakaraopet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1979-03-24)24 March 1979 (age 46)[1] |
| Political party | Telugu Desam Party |
| Spouse | Kosara Siva Prasad |
| Children | Kosara Nikhil, Kosara Reshmitha Sree |
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Vangalapudi Anitha (born 24 March 1979) is an Indian politician fromAndhra Pradesh currently serving as theMinister of Home Affairs and Disaster Management in theGovernment of Andhra Pradesh.[3][4][5]
She became an MLA for the second time, winning the2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election onTelugu Desam Party ticket fromPayakaraopet SC reserved constituency in the erstwhileVisakhapatnam district and presentAnakapalli district.[6][7][8]
Anitha was born in Lingarajupalem, S. Rayavaram mandal, Visakhapatnam district. Her father's name is Vangalapudi Apparao. She completed her MA and M.Ed. fromAndhra University in 2009. She left teaching to enter politics.[9] She married K Shiva Prasad. They have a daughter, Rashmita.[5]
Anitha won as an MLA for the first time in 2014. She won the2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election fromPayakaraopet Assembly constituency representingTelugu Desam Party. She defeated her nearest rival Chengala Venkatrao ofYSRCP by 2,828 votes. In April 2018, she was nominated as a member of the Tirupati Thirumala Devasthanam board.[10] But after a controversy[11] in social media, within a few days she requested the chief minister and withdrew the membership. Later, it was cancelled.[12] In the2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, she lost the Kovvuru seat toTaneti Vanitha of YSRCP by a margin of 25,248 votes. On 30 January 2021, she became the president of Telugu Mahila, the women's wing of TDP.[13][14] She regained the Payakaraopet seat in the2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.[15]
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