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Devineni Avinash
Indian politician (born 1988) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Devineni Avinash (born 15 March 1988) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh and a member of the YSR Congress Party.[1]
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Avinash is the son of Nehru, who founded the United Students Organisation (USO) in Vijayawada.[2][3]
Avinash began his political career as president of the USO. He campaigned for Nehru, who contested the Andhra Pradesh election from Kankipadu mandal in the Krishna district.[3]
He participated in the Samaikyandhra Movement, Jala Deeksha and student rallies.[4][5][6]
Avinash contested the Vijayawada Lok Sabha Elections in 2014 as an Indian National Congress candidate,[7][3][8] but was defeated by Kesineni Srinivas of the Telugu Desam Party. In 2016, him and his father joined the Telugu Desam Party. N. Chandrababu Naidu, then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, appointed him as the State President of Telugu Yuvata, the youth wing of the Telugu Desam Party. In 2019, Avinash contested the Gudivada Assembly constituency, but lost to Gudivada local Kodali Nani of the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP). The YSRCP went on to win the 2019 General Elections.[9][10]
In November 2019, Avinash resigned from the Telugu Desam Party and joined the YSRCP.[11][12][13][14] He served in Vijayawada East in charge of the YSRCP under the leadership of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy.[15] He contested the Vijayawada East Assembly constituency in 2024, but finished as runner-up.
2014 Indian General Election
Avinash contested the 2014 Indian general election as the Indian National Congress candidate for the Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency. At 26 years old, Avinash was the youngest among the major candidates. His nomination followed the exit of then Congress MP Lagadapati Rajagopal, who had quit politics after the Andhra Pradesh bifurcation.[16] The election occurred after the creation of Telangana, with public sentiment largely against the Congress in the remaining Andhra Pradesh region.[17]
Avinash faced competition from Kesineni Srinivas (TDP–BJP alliance) and Koneru Rajendra Prasad (YSRCP). Avinash received 39,751 votes, finishing third with 3.33% of the total vote share.[18] Srinivas won with 592,696 votes (~49.6%), followed by Prasad with 517,834 votes (~43.7%).[19]
The Congress party’s vote share decreased across the state, attributed to public discontent over the bifurcation. Despite the loss, Avinash continued his political career and, in 2016, joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).[20]
2019 and 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Elections
In the 2019 state assembly elections, Avinash contested the Gudivada Assembly constituency as a TDP candidate against Kodali Sri Venkateswara Rao (Kodali Nani) of the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP).[21] Kodali Nani won the election with 89,833 votes (53.5%), while Avinash secured 70,354 votes (41.9%).[22]
Following the defeat, in November 2019, Avinash resigned from the TDP and joined the ruling YSRCP.[23] He served in Vijayawada East in charge of the YSRCP under the leadership of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy.[15]
In the 2024 state assembly elections, he contested the Vijayawada East Assembly constituency against TDP candidate Gadde Rama Mohan. Mohan won the election with 118,841 votes (~60.66%), while Avinash finished as runner-up with 69,201 votes (~35.23%).[24]
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