P. Indra Reddy

Patlolla Indra Reddy
Minister of Home, Jail & Fire Services, Sainik Welfare & Disaster Management
Government of United Andhra Pradesh
In office
1994–1995
GovernorKrishan Kant
Chief MinisterN. T. Rama Rao
Succeeded byTulla Devender Goud
Minister of Education, Labour and Employment
Government of United Andhra Pradesh
In office
1985–1989
GovernorShankar Dayal Sharma
Chief MinisterN. T. Rama Rao
Preceded byPasupati Ananda Gajapathi Raju
Member of Legislative Assembly
United Andhra Pradesh
In office
1985–2000
Preceded byKonda Lakshma Reddy
Succeeded bySabitha Indra Reddy
Constituency Chevella
Personal details
Born(1954-10-04)4 October 1954
Kowkuntla Village, Chevella, Hyderabad State, India (now Ranga Reddy district, Telangana State, India)
Died22 April 2000(2000-04-22) (aged 45)[1]
Palmakuru Village, Shamshabad, Rangareddy district, United Andhra Pradesh, India (now Ranga Reddy district, Telangana State, India)
Cause of deathCar Crash[2]
Political partyIndian National Congress (1998-2000)
Other political
affiliations
Telugu Desam Party (1985-1996) NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi) (1996-1998) Jai Telangana Party (1998)
SpouseSabitha Indra Reddy
Children3

Patlolla Indra Reddy (1954–2000) was a four-term member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, former Home Minister of Andhra Pradesh state and founder of Jai Telangana Party.

Born on 4 October 1954 at Kowkuntla village in Chevella Mandal Ranga Reddy district to a poor farming family, Reddy studied MA and LLB in Osmania University. He was the elected Law College Student Union President. Indra Reddy was arrested during the emergency for 18 months. After his release he was elected as sarpanch of his village before he joined the TDP in 1985.

Indra was elected to the State Assembly four times. He was first elected on a Telugu Desam Party ticket in 1985 and served as a minister for education and then a minister for labour and employment in the N T Rama Rao Cabinet. He was re-elected on a TDP ticket in 1989 and 1994. He was minister for home, jails and fire services in the NTR cabinet of 1994–95.

During the August 1995 crisis in the TDP, when N T Rama Rao was toppled by his son-in-law N Chandrababu Naidu in a party and family coup, Indra Reddy remained with NTR. After NTR's death in January 1996, Reddy joined Lakshmi Parvathi's party but soon fell out with her and joined the Congress. He was re-elected to the assembly in the September 1999 poll on a Congress ticket.

  1. ^ "Former AP minister dies in accident". rediff.com. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  2. ^ "State Elections 2004 - Partywise Comparison for 204-Chevella Constituency of ANDHRA PRADESH". Eci.nic.in. Retrieved 11 June 2018.