Ravela Kishore Babu

Ravela Kishore Babu
Minister for Tribal Welfare and Social Welfare
Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
8 June 2014 – 1 April 2017
Chief MinisterN. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byNakka Ananda Babu
Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
2014–2019
Preceded byMekathoti Sucharitha
Succeeded byMekathoti Sucharitha
ConstituencyPrathipadu
Personal details
BornRavela, Andhra Pradesh, India
Political partyYSR Congress Party (since 2024)
Other political
affiliations		Telugu Desam Party (until 2018)
Jana Sena Party (2018–2019)
Bharatiya Janata Party (2019–2022)
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (2023–2024)
SpouseShanthi Jyothi
Children2
OccupationPolitician

Ravela Kishore Babu is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. He is former Member of the Legislative Assembly from Prathipadu, Guntur Assembly constituency, elected in the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. He was a former member of the Telugu Desam Party. He quit TDP in 2018 and joined Jana Sena Party.[1] In June 2019 he quit JSP in order to join Bharatiya Janata Party.[2][3] In 2022 he quit BJP citing personal reasons.[4] In January 2023 he joined BRS.[5] In 2024 he joined the YSR Congress Party.[6]

Babu is a retired IRTS officer.[7][8]

  1. ^ MN Samdani (30 November 2018). "Former AP minister Ravela Kishore Babu quits TDP, to join Jana Sena | Amaravati News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Kalyan sees conspiracy to keep him away from Assembly". Deccan Herald. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Former minister Ravela Kishore Babu resigns from Jana Sena to join BJP". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  4. ^ Jonathan, P. Samuel (16 May 2022). "Andhra Pradesh: Ravela Kishore Babu quits BJP over 'personal reasons'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  5. ^ Bureau, The Hindu (1 January 2023). "Jana Sena leaders from AP set to join BRS". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2 January 2023. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ "Former minister Kishore Babu joins YSRCP". The Times of India. 1 February 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Indian Railway Traffic Service Officers". Indian Railway Traffic Service. Archived from the original on 31 May 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Ravela Kishore Babu seeks Scheduled Caste sop funds". Deccan Chronicle. 15 June 2014.