Revanth Reddy | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Reddy in 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| 2ndChief Minister of Telangana | |||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 7 December 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Governor | |||||||||||||||
| Deputy Chief Minister | Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka | ||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | K. Chandrashekar Rao | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| 3rdPresident of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee | |||||||||||||||
| In office 7 July 2021 – 6 September 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| AICC President |
| ||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | N. Uttam Kumar Reddy | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Bomma Mahesh Kumar Goud | ||||||||||||||
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |||||||||||||||
| In office 23 May 2019 – 6 December 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Malla Reddy | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Etela Rajendar | ||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Malkajgiri, Telangana | ||||||||||||||
| Member ofTelangana Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||
| Assumed office 7 December 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Patnam Narender Reddy | ||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Kodangal | ||||||||||||||
| In office 2 June 2014 – 11 December 2018 | |||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | constituency shifted from Andhra Pradesh | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Patnam Narender Reddy | ||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Kodangal | ||||||||||||||
| Member ofLegislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||||
| In office 2009–2014 | |||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Gurunath Reddy | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | constituency shifted to Telangana | ||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Kodangal | ||||||||||||||
| Member ofLegislative Council Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||||
| In office 2007–2009 | |||||||||||||||
| Chairman | A. Chakrapani | ||||||||||||||
| Deputy Chairman | Mohammed Jani | ||||||||||||||
| Leader of the House | Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy | ||||||||||||||
| Constituency | Mahboobnagar | ||||||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||||||
| Born | Anumula Revanth Reddy[1] (1969-11-08)8 November 1969 (age 55) Konda Reddy Pally,Vangoor Mandal,Mahboobnagar district,Andhra Pradesh, India (present-dayNagarkurnool district,Telangana) | ||||||||||||||
| Political party | Indian National Congress (since 2017) | ||||||||||||||
| Other political affiliations | Telugu Desam Party (2007–2017) | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse | |||||||||||||||
| Children | 1[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Education | Bachelor of Arts | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | A.V. College | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Politician | ||||||||||||||
| Website | revanthreddy | ||||||||||||||
Anumula Revanth Reddy (born 8 November 1969) is an Indian politician who is serving as the second and currentChief Minister of Telangana since 7 December 2023.[α][3] As a member of theIndian National Congress, he is the currentMember of the Legislative Assembly forKodangal.
He previously representedMalkajgiri as a Member of Parliament. Appointed as president of theTelangana Pradesh Congress Committee in July 2021, he led his party to victory in the2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election, defeating the incumbentBharat Rashtra Samithi.
Anumula Revanth Reddy was born on 8 November 1969 in Konda Reddy Pally ofMahboobnagar,Andhra Pradesh (present-dayNagarkurnool,Telangana), India.[4][5] He graduated with aBachelor of Arts fromAndhra Vidyalaya College,Osmania University,Hyderabad.[6][7]Reddy married Geetha, former union ministerJaipal Reddy's niece.[8][9] The couple have a daughter.[10]
Revanth Reddy was a member ofABVP, anRSS affiliated organization, while he was a student.[4] In 2006, he contested thelocal body election and was elected as ZPTC member from Midjil mandal as an independent candidate.[11][12]
In 2007, Reddy was elected as aMember of Legislative Council (MLC) as an independent candidate. Later, he metTelugu Desam Party (TDP) chiefN. Chandrababu Naidu and joined the TDP.[4]
In 2009, Revanth was elected to theAndhra Pradesh Assembly fromKodangal constituency with 46.46% votes as aTDP candidate.[4] He won against the incumbent and five-time MLA, Gurunath Reddy ofCongress (INC).[13] He served as an MLA in theAndhra Pradesh Assembly between 2009 and 2014 and inTelangana Assembly, between 2014 and 2018.
He contested the2014 undivided Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections and was elected to theTelangana Assembly from Kodangal with a majority of 14,614 votes againstGurunath Reddy.[4][13] He was elected as the floor leader ofTelugu Desam Party (TDP) in theTelangana Legislative Assembly.[4]
On 25 October 2017,TDP removed him as the floor leader of theTelangana TDP after reports surfaced that he would consider joining the Congress party.[14] On 31 October 2017, he formally joined the Congress party.[15]
He contested the2018 Telangana Assembly elections from Kodangal as an Indian National Congress (INC) candidate and lost toBhartiya Rashtra Samithi (BRS) candidate, Patnam Narender Reddy, marking his first defeat in an election.[13] On 20 September 2018, he was appointed as one of the three working presidents ofTelangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC), replacingN. Uttam Kumar Reddy.[16]
Following his defeat in the 2018 Telangana legislative assembly election, Reddy successfully contested the2019 general election from theMalkajgiri Lok Sabha constituency as a Congress candidate, by a margin of 10,919 votes, constituting 38.63% of the total votes. He defeated his closest competitor, Marri Rajashekar Reddy fromBRS.[17]
In June 2021, Reddy was appointed as president ofTelangana Pradesh Congress Committee, replacingN. Uttam Kumar Reddy.[18] He took on the new role from 7 July 2021.[19]
He led the Congress' successful campaigning against the incumbent Chief MinisterK. Chandrashekar Rao in2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election with the party winning 64 seats, 4 seats past the majority mark. He contested fromKodangal andKamareddy constituencies,[20][21] winning in the former seat and losing in the latter.[22] After his earlier wins fromKodangal constituency in 2009 and 2014, he is representing the constituency for the third time.
All India Congress Committee (AICC) named Reddy as the leader ofCongress Legislature Party, following the elected MLAs' resolution authorising the AICC to nominate the leader, paving way for him to become theChief Minister of Telangana.[23] On 7 December 2023, he took oath as the Chief Minister of Telangana, making him the second person to hold the post.[24][25]
In the first ten days of his governance, the government launched 2 of his 6 "guarantees", the free bus travel for women and insurance under the 'Arogyasri' scheme was increased to ₹10lakh. Its 'Praja Palana' outreach program receives over 1.05 crore applications, covering as many as 1.11crore households.[26] In July, another guarantee, the crop loan waiver was passed, with the Telangana government releasing₹31,000 crore for it.[27] The waiver was set to benefit around 40lakh farmers across the state.[28]
In May 2024, he was summoned by theDelhi Police after theTelangana Congress shared a doctored video ofAmit Shah on itsTwitter handle. He denied any role in the creation or the dissemination of the video.[29][30]
Incelebrations of 10 years ofTelangana achieving statehood, his government celebrated it on a grand scale on 2 June 2024.[31][32]
He met withUnion MinistersNitin Gadkari,Piyush Goyal,Amit Shah andJ. P. Nadda in July 2024, in order to expedite pending infrastructure works and to release funds for other state works.[33][34][35][36] He also metPrime MinisterNarendra Modi and requested him to allot the Sravanapalli coal mining block to the PSUSingareni Collieries Company.[37]
In August 2024, he took part in a tour of theUnited States in a bid to get more companies to invest in Telangana.[38][39] Many companies, includingAmgen andCharles Schwab agreed to open offices in Hyderabad.[40][41]
As Chief Minister, he was vocal against residential and commercial propertiesencroaching on lakes and other water bodies. In July 2024, the Telangana government formed theHyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Monitoring and Protection Agency (HYDRAA) for taking care of such issues.[42][43] He wanted HYDRAA to be developed as a strong system was ready to allocate parts of the state budget for it.[44] In August 2024, HYDRAA was in the news for taking down many under-construction and fully constructed structures which encroached on water bodies in Hyderabad, including a convention centre owned by actorNagarjuna.[45] The body received a lot of public support for protecting the city's lakes.[46][47]
He was elected as the ZPTC fromMidjil in 2006[48] and as an independentMLC in 2007 through elections by local bodies fromMahabubnagar.[49]
| Year | Constituency | Party | Votes | % | Opponent | Votes | % | Result | Margin | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Kodangal | TDP | 61,685 | 46.45 | INC | Gurunath Reddy | 54,696 | 41.49 | Won | +6,989 | ||
| 2014 | 54,026 | 39.06 | TRS | 39,412 | 28.50 | Won | +14,614 | |||||
| 2018 | INC | 71,435 | 43.15 | Patnam Narender Reddy | 80,754 | 48.78 | Lost | -9,319 | ||||
| 2023 | Kamareddy | 54,916 | 28.47 | BJP | K. V. Ramana Reddy | 66,652 | 34.55 | Lost | -11,736 | |||
| Kodangal | 1,07,429 | 55.05 | BRS | Patnam Narender Reddy | 75,897 | 38.38 | Won | +31,532 | ||||
| Year | Constituency | Party | Votes | % | Opponent | Votes | % | Result | Margin | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Malkajgiri | INC | 6,03,748 | 38.63 | TRS | Marri Rajasekhar Reddy | 5,92,829 | 37.93 | Won | 10,919 | ||
In June 2009, whenIndian students were being attacked inAustralia, thenTelugu Desam leaders Reddy andNama Nageswara Rao had visitedMelbourne,Australia to meet with International students fromIndia. Reddy had visited hospitals, and travelled in trains and public transport inMelbourne to meet victims, and interact with Indian students inAustralia, to get a better understanding of the situation.
Reddy had also visited theVictorian Parliament, and had meetings with then Victorian opposition leaderTed Baillieu, and Ministerial Adviser Mr. Nitin Gupta to raise concerns about Indian students being attacked inMelbourne,Australia.[50][51]
On 31 May 2015, Revanth Reddy was arrested by theAnti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Andhra Pradesh during asting operation, for bribing nominatedMLAElvis Stephenson to vote in favour of theTelugu Desam Party (TDP) candidate in thelegislative council election.[52][53][54][55][56] A criminal case under sections ofPrevention of Corruption Act and Sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 34 (common intention) of theIndian Penal Code was registered against him along with two others – Bishop Sebastian Harry and Uday Simha. On 30 June, theTelangana High Court gave conditional bail. TDP party members celebrated Revanth Reddy's release on 1 July 2015 with a rally. He spent 30 days in jail.[57][58] Due to the involvement of a TDP MLA, it was suspected that TDP chiefN. Chandrababu Naidu was the main man behind the scam.[59]
In May 2021, when he was aLok Sabha MP, theEnforcement Directorate filed achargesheet against him in connection with the scam.[60][61] In October 2023, 2 months before the2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election, theSupreme Court dismissed his plea challenging the ACB court's decision to reject his request in 2021.[62] In February 2024, the Supreme Court heard an appeal and transferred the case to a trial court outside Telangana to ensure that a fair trial takes place.[63][64] In April 2024, it deferred a hearing until July.[65]
Delhi Police has summoned Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy in connection with a controversial video featuringUnion Home Minister Amit Shah. The video, shared on social media by theTelangana Congress, was accused of being doctored usingdeepfake technology.[66][67] Revanth Reddy's lawyer informed Delhi Police on Wednesday that the Congress leader did not share the alleged doctored video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, asserting that Reddy had no involvement with the video and requesting the withdrawal of the notice.[68][69] Reddy warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi against making threats in his state after being summoned by the Delhi Police in connection with the doctored video case. Calling the summons "atrocious," Reddy questioned how long PM Modi would continue to govern through fear.[70][71]
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Chief Minister of Telangana 2014–present | Incumbent |
