Anil Kumar Eravathri is an Indian Politician who represented

Balkonda Assembly constituency Balkonda Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of the 5 constituencies in Nizamabad district. It is part of Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency. Vemula Prashanth Reddy of Telangana Rashtr ...

from 2009 to 2014, as MLA and served as a Government Whip in the united Andhra Pradesh assembly, from 2012 to 2014. He is a US returned engineer who has his own IoT( Internet of things) firm in Hyderabad. He is a member of the

Indian National Congress party The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...

. Anil is part of the Congress party's Strategy and Campaign Committee for the Munugode bypoll.

Background

Anil Eravathri was born in Nizamabad in

Padmashali Padmasali (also spelt as Padmashali, Padmasale) is a Hindu caste residing in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu. Their traditional occupation is weaving. Etymology The term ''Padm ...

community. He completed his bachelor's degree in engineering from CBIT, Hyderabad and went to the US for higher studies and started an IT Consulting company before returning to India in 2008.

Career

Anil Kumar Eravathri joined the newly formed

Praja Rajyam Party The Praja Rajyam Party was a political party in India. Formation The first public meeting was held by Chiranjeevi on 26 August 2008, at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. He addressed a gathering of about a million people and announced the party name ...

of Telugu hero and film Icon Chiranjeevi in 2009, and contested from

in Nizamabad district of Telangana, and won with a majority of 8159 votes in a triangular contest involving the

and the

Telangana Rashtra Samithi Bharat Rashtra Samithi ( ; BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS), is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in the state of Telangana. It was founded on 27 April 2001 as by K. Chandrashekar Rao, with a singl ...

. The

formed the government and PRP had to play the role of opposition in the AP Assembly. Anil Eravathri became a member of the

after actor Chiranjeevi decided to merge his party Praja Rajyam Party with the

in 2011. Anil Eravathri played a key role in the PRP and served as its General Secretary of the state unit before its merger with the Congress party in 2012. He worked closely with the Congress party leaders for the benefit of the farming community and turmeric farmers of his constituency.

Positions held

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