Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy

Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy is an Indian politician currently serving as a Minister for Revenue, Housing, Information and Public Relations in Government of Telangana, since 7 December 2023. Ponguleti represented Khammam Lok Sabha constituency between 2014 and 2019.

Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy
Minister of Housing, Revenue and Information & Public Relations Government of Telangana
Incumbent
Assumed office 07 December 2023
Governor	Tamilisai Soundararajan (2023-2024) C.P. Radhakrishnan (Additional charge) (2024) Jishnu Dev Varma (2024-)
Chief Minister	Anumula Revanth Reddy
Preceded by	Vemula Prashanth Reddy (Housing & Revenue) Patnam Mahender Reddy (Information & Public Relations)
Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 09 December 2023
Preceded by	Kandala Upender Reddy
Constituency	Palair
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 26 May 2014 – 23 May 2019
Preceded by	Nama Nageswara Rao
Succeeded by	Nama Nageswara Rao
Constituency	Khammam, Telangana
Personal details
Born	(1965-10-28) 28 October 1965 (age 59) Narayanapuram, Andhra Pradesh, India (now, Telangana)
Political party	Indian National Congress (2023 - Present)
Other political affiliations	Bharat Rashtra Samithi (2016-2023) YSR Congress Party (2011-2016)
Spouse	Ponguleti Madhuri

Political career

He won Lok Sabha election from Khammam as a YSRCP candidate in 2014.

He later changed to regional political party TRS (Telangana Rashtra Samithi). In the general elections of 2018. he supported the M.L.A. candidate Lingala Kamalraju on behalf of the TRS.

In 2023, Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy was suspended from BRS party (formerly TRS), for alleged anti-party activities.^[1] Later he Joined in Congress on 2 July 2023 at ‘Telangana Jana Garjana’ public meeting held in Khammam in the presence of Rahul Gandhi.^[2][3]

In 2023 Telangana Assembly Election, Reddy elected from Palair Assembly Constituency with a huge Majority of 56,650 Votes. Reddy is currently serving as Cabinet Minister with Revenue & Housing and Information & Public Relations departments in the Government of Telangana.^[4][5]

Election Statistics

	Year	Contested For	Party		Constituency	Opponent	Votes	Majority	Result	Reference
1	2014	MP		YSR Congress Party	Khammam	Nama Nageswara Rao (TDP)	4,22,434 - 4,10,230	+12,204	Won	[6]
2	2023	MLA		Indian National Congress	Palair	Kandala Upender Reddy (BRS)	1,27,820 - 71,170	+56,650	Won	[7]