Singireddy Niranjan Reddy

Singireddy Niranjan Reddy
Singireddy Niranjan Reddy
Minister of Agriculture and Co-operation
Government of Telangana
In office
19 February 2019 – 04 December 2023
Preceded byPocharam Srinivas Reddy
Succeeded byThummala Nageswara Rao
Personal details
Born (1958-10-04) 4 October 1958 (age 66)
Pangal, Wanaparthy
Political partyBharat Rashtra Samithi
ResidenceWanaparthy

Singireddy Niranjan Reddy (born October 4, 1958) is an Indian politician who served as the Minister of Agriculture, Co-operation, and Marketing of Telangana from 2019 to 2023. ex-MLA of Wanaparthy constituency in the Telangana Legislative Assembly. He is a politburo member of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi

Early life

He was born in Wanaparthy District in Telangana to Ram Reddy, a farmer. He did his B.Sc and LLB from Osmania University.[1]

Career

Niranjan Reddy was a practicing lawyer before joining TRS party as a founding member in 2001.

Political career

  • Singireddy Niranjan Reddy contested State Legislature from Kollapur in 2004 and Wanaparthy in 2014 but lost.
  • He was appointed Vice Chairman, Telangana State Planning Board in December 2014.[2][3]
  • He contested State Legislature from Wanaparthy in 2018 elections and won by a margin of 51,685 votes.[4] In 2023, in the Telangana assembly elections, INC's Megha Reddy Tudi, with 107115, defeated BRS's Singireddy Niranjan Reddy[5]
  • He worked as a cabinet minister from 2019 to 2023 for agriculture, marketing, cooperation, food & civil supplies, consumer affairs.[6]

References

  1. ^ Telangana Digithon Launched Today
  2. ^ Ishaqui, S A (15 March 2018). "Telangana govt defends conferring Cabinet status to advisors in court". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  3. ^ TelanganaToday. "'Sapta Samudrams' rejuvenated under Mission Kakatiya". Telangana Today. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Wanaparthy Election Result 2018 Live Updates: Candidate List, Winner, Runner-up MLA List".
  5. ^ "Wanaparthy Assembly Election Results 2023 Highlights: INC's Megha Reddy Tudi with 107115 defeats BRS's Singireddy Niranjan Reddy". India Today. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Profiles of 10 Ministers inducted into Telangana Cabinet". Telangana Today. Retrieved 4 April 2021.