Pocharam Srinivas Reddy
| Pocharam Srinivas Reddy | |
|---|---|
 Pocharam Srinivas Reddy Telangana Agriculture Minister | |
| Minister for Agriculture | |
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Assumed office 2014 | |
| Constituency | Banswada, Telangana State |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
10 February 1949 Banswada, Nizamabad |
| Political party | Telangana Rashtra Samithi |
| Residence | Banswada, Nizamabad. |
Pocharam Srinivas Reddy is an Indian politician. He is with Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS). He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly from Banswada constituency. He is the first Minister for Agriculture in Telangana State.[1]
Career
Pocharam Srinivas Reddy joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 1984 from the Indian National Congress (INC).[2] He worked as a minister twice in TDP government. He was with TDP for 27 years before quitting.[3]
In 1994, he contested the Banswada constituency as a TDP candidate and won with a majority of over 57,000 votes majority. He lost in 2004 against Bajireddy Govardhan, the INC candidate. In support of the Telangana Movement, he joined TRS party in March 2011.[4] He also resigned from his MLA seat and TDP membership.[5] 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 June 2, 2014 and made Agriculture Minister of Telangana.
Personal life
He was married to Pushpa and has 4 children.