Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy

Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded byY. V. Subba Reddy
ConstituencyOngole
In office
2004–2014
Preceded byKaranam Balaram Krishna Murthy
Succeeded byY. V. Subba Reddy
ConstituencyOngole
In office
1998–1999
Preceded byMagunta Parvathamma
Succeeded byKaranam Balaram Krishna Murthy
ConstituencyOngole
Member Of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
In office
2015–2019
Personal details
Born (1953-10-15) 15 October 1953 (age 71)
Nellore, Andhra Pradesh
Political partyTelugu Desam Party (March 2024– )
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (1998–2014)
YSR Congress Party (2019–2024)
SpouseGeeta
Children2 sons
Residence(s)Ongole, Prakasam district
As of 16 September, 2006
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Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy (born 15 October 1953) is an Indian politician and member of Telugu Desam Party since March 2024. He is NDA candidate from Ongole constituency in the 2024 Indian general election and is associated with the excise duty case which led to the arrest of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).[1] He was elected to the 12th, 14th and 15th Lok Sabha as a Candidate of Indian National Congress and again to 17th Lok Sabha as a candidate of YSR Congress Party.[2]

He quit Congress in 2014, soon after the bill to split Andhra Pradesh was passed by the Lok Sabha and joined Telugu Desam Party and became Member of Legislative Council.

He lost the 2014 Indian general election and joined YSR Congress Party in 2019, where he contested from Ongole as a candidate of YSRCP and won with a record majority of 2,14,000 votes. Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy has resigned from the ruling YSRCP on 28 February 2024[3] and joined TDP on 16 March in the presence of TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu.[4]

Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy was ex-Vice president of National TDP wing.

  1. ^ "Magunta Reddy, whose son turned approver in excise case against Kejriwal, gets ticket from BJP ally TDP". 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Lok Sabha Member Bioprofile". Parliament of India. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  3. ^ The Times of India (28 February 2024). "Andhra Pradesh: Ongole MP Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy resigns from YSRCP". Archived from the original on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  4. ^ The Hindu (16 March 2024). "YSRCP MP Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy and his son join TDP". Archived from the original on 23 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.