P. Balakrishna Reddy

P. Balakrishna Reddy
Member of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly Hosur (state assembly constituency)
In office
16 May 2016 – 26 March 2019 (Disqualified due to violence case)
Minister for Animal Husbandry Government of Tamil Nadu
In office
16 May 2016 – 16 February 2017
Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development Government of Tamilnadu
In office
16 February 2017 – 26 March 2019
Personal details
BornJeemangalam
Political partyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
SpouseJyothi Reddy
Children2 (Chirag Reddy and Laasyaa Reddy)

P. Balakrishna Reddy is a politician and former Minister of Tamil Nadu. He was elected as a MLA from Hosur in 2016.[1][2] He started his political career from Bharatiya Janata Party. He had also served as the chairman of the Hosur municipality. He became Animal Husbandry Minister and later Youth Welfare and Sports Development Minister in Tamil Nadu.[3]

On 7 January 2019, he was convicted under sections 147 (rioting) and 341 (wrongfully restraining any person) of Indian Penal code and section 3 of Tamil Nadu Property Prevention of Damage and Loss Act 1992 and sentenced to three years imprisonment in a case of rioting in 1998 in Bagalur village in Krishnagiri by the special court.[2]

The court later suspended the sentence imposed on Balakrishna Reddy allowing him to appeal before the Madras High Court.[4] However, on further appealing of the sentence in supreme court, he was granted a suspension on conviction.[5]

  1. ^ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 55. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b "T.N. Minister Balakrishna Reddy gets jail term for rioting". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  3. ^ "List of new Cabinet Ministers in Tamil Nadu". netIndian.in. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  4. ^ R.sivaraman (7 January 2019). "T.N. Minister Balakrishna Reddy gets jail term for rioting". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  5. ^ "பாலகிருஷ்ணா ரெட்டியின் தண்டனை நிறுத்தி வைப்பு". Indian Express Tamil (in Tamil). 25 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.