Pocharam Srinivas Reddy

Pocharam Srinivas Reddy 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 2019 to 2023. He was the Minister of Agriculture (2014-2019) in the government of Telangana.^[1]

Pocharam Srinivas Reddy
2nd Speaker of Telangana Legislative Assembly
In office 18 January 2019 – 09 December 2023
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan
Deputy	T. Padma Rao Goud
Chief Minister	K. Chandrashekar Rao
Preceded by	S. Madhusudhana Chary, TRS
Succeeded by	Gaddam Prasad Kumar, INC
Minister for Agriculture, Horticulture, Sericulture, Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Dairy Development Corporation and Seeds Corporation Government of Telangana
In office 2 June 2014 – 6 September 2018
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	K. Chandrashekar Rao
Preceded by	Position Established
Succeeded by	Singireddy Niranjan Reddy
Member of Legislative Assembly, Telangana
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 June 2014
Preceded by	Telangana Assembly Created
Constituency	Banswada
Minister of Panchayat Raj Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 1999–2002
Governor	Dr. C. Rangarajan
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Alimineti Madhava Reddy
Succeeded by	Kodela Siva Prasada Rao
Minister for Mines and Geology Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 1998–1999
Governor	Dr. C. Rangarajan
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded by	Koppula Harishwar Reddy
Succeeded by	Uma Madhava Reddy
Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	Bajireddy Goverdhan
Succeeded by	Telangana Assembly Created
Constituency	Banswada
In office 1994–2004
Preceded by	Kathera Gangadhar
Succeeded by	Bajireddy Goverdhan
Constituency	Banswada
Personal details
Born	(1949-02-10) 10 February 1949 (age 76) Banswada, Andhra Pradesh (present–day Telangana), India
Political party	Indian National Congress (until 1984; 2024–present)
Other political affiliations	Bharat Rashtra Samithi (2011–2024) Telugu Desam Party (1984–2011)
Residence	Banswada

Pocharam Srinivas Reddy served as Speaker of Telangana Legislative Assembly from 2019 January 17 to 2023 December 6.^[2][3]

Career

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 Goverdhan, 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]

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Personal life

He was married to Pushpa and has 4 children, Ravinder Reddy, Surendar Reddy, Aruna and Bhasker Reddy.