N. Uttam Kumar Reddy

Nalamada Uttam Kumar Reddy (born 20 June 1962) is a politician and former Indian Air Force pilot from the Indian state of Telangana. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Nalgonda constituency. He served as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Kodad between 1999 and 2009 and from Huzurnagar between 2009 and 2019. He served as the president of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee from February 2015 until June 2021. He served as the Minister of Housing, Weaker Section Housing Programmes in N. Kiran Kumar Reddy's ministry.

Nalamada Uttam Kumar Reddy
Uttam Kumar Reddy in 2017
Minister of Irrigation, Food & Civil Supplies Government of Telangana
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 December 2023
Governor	Tamilisai Soundararajan (2023-2024) C.P. Radhakrishnan (Additional charge) (2024) Jishnu Dev Varma (2024-)
Chief Minister	Anumula Revanth Reddy
Preceded by	Singireddy Niranjan Reddy Gangula Kamalakar
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 6 June 2019 – 6 December 2023
Preceded by	Gutha Sukender Reddy
Succeeded by	Kunduru Raghuveera Reddy
Constituency	Nalgonda, Telangana
2nd President of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee
In office 2 March 2015 – 4 December 2020
AICC President	Sonia Gandhi Rahul Gandhi Sonia Gandhi
Preceded by	Ponnala Lakshmaiah
Succeeded by	Revanth Reddy
Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 December 2023
Preceded by	Shanampudi Saidireddy
Constituency	Huzurnagar
In office 2 June 2014 – 5 June 2019
Preceded by	Telangana Assembly created
Succeeded by	Shanampudi Saidireddy
Constituency	Huzurnagar
Minister of Housing and Cooperative Societies Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 25 May 2009 – 1 March 2014
Governor	N. D. Tiwari E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Konijeti Rosaiah Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy
Preceded by	Botsa Satyanarayana
Succeeded by	Allola Indrakaran Reddy
Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	Constituency Established
Succeeded by	Telangana Assembly Created
Constituency	Huzurnagar
In office 1999–2009
Preceded by	Venepalli Chander Rao
Succeeded by	Venepalli Chander Rao
Constituency	Kodad
Personal details
Born	Nalamada Uttam Kumar Reddy (1962-06-20) 20 June 1962 (age 63) Suryapet, Andhra Pradesh (present-day Suryapet district, Telangana), India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	N. Padmavathi Reddy
Occupation	Politician
Website	Official website
Military service
Allegiance	India
Branch/service	Indian Air Force
Years of service	1982–1991
Rank	Flight Lieutenant
Unit	President's Secretariat

Early life

Uttam Kumar Reddy was born on 20 June 1962 in Nalgonda district, Andhra Pradesh to Purushottam Reddy and Usha Devi. He is a graduate in B.Sc. He is a former fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force. He flew the MiG 21 and MiG 23 in front line fighter squadrons. He served as the Controller of Security, Protocol, Administration, Foreign trips of President at Rashtrapati Bhavan.^[1]

Personal life

Uttam Kumar Reddy is married to N. Padmavathi Reddy. The couple has no children.^[2]

Political career

Uttam Kumar Reddy is a five-time MLA from Congress. He won the 1999 elections from Kodad constituency. He won from the same constituency in 2004 elections. In 2009, he shifted to Huzurnagar constituency and won the 2009, 2014 elections. After the formation of Telangana, he contested and won the 2018 elections from Huzurnagar. In the 2019 general elections, he contested and won as an MP from Nalgonda constituency. After winning as an MP, he resigned as an MLA from Huzurnagar that he won in 2018, with effect from 5 June.^[3] He served as the Minister of Housing, Weaker Sections Housing Programmes in N. Kiran Kumar Reddy's ministry.^[1]

He represented the Telangana region in an all party meeting held by the then Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram in January 2011 to discuss the Srikrishna Committee report.^[4]

He served as the official president of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) from March 2015 until June 2021.^[5][6] After the defeat of Congress party in 2020 GHMC elections, he resigned as the TPCC president.^[7] However, the party continued with him until he was replaced by Revanth Reddy in June 2021.^[1][6]

In 2023 Assembly Elections he contested from Huzurnagar and won with a majority of 44888 votes on BRS candidate Shanampudi Saidireddy. He took oath as minister at L B Stadium in Hyderabad on 7 December 2023 and later he was assigned Irrigation and Food & Civil Supplies portfolios on 9 December 2023 in Revanth Reddy Ministry.^[8][9]

Election statistics

	Year	Contested For	Party		Constituency	Opponent	Votes	Majority	Result	Reference
1	1994	MLA		Indian National Congress	Kodada	Chander Rao Venepally (TDP)	62,499 - 71,648	-9,149	Lost	[10]
2	1999					Chander Rao Venepally (TDP)	66,187 - 59,508	+7,309	Won	[11]
3	2004					Chander Rao Venepally (TDP)	88,178 - 64,391	+23,787	Won	[12]
4	2009				Huzurnagar	Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy (TRS)	80,835 - 51,641	+29,194	Won	[13]
5	2014					Kasoiu Shankaramma (TRS)	69,879 - 45,955	+23,924	Won	[14]
6	2018					Shanampudi Saidireddy (TRS)	92,996 - 85,530	+7,466	Won	[15]
7	2019	MP			Nalgonda	Vemireddy Narasimha Reddy (TRS)	5,26,028 - 5,00,346	+25,682	Won	[16][17]
8	2023	MLA			Huzurnagar	Shanampudi Saidireddy (BRS)	1,16,707 - 71,819	+44,888	Won	[18][19]

Other works

Uttam Kumar Reddy played the role of a chief minister in the movie Terror (2016).^[20]