Bhuma Akhila Priya is an Indian politician from

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...

. She is the former Tourism and Culture minister of

. She is currently the member of

Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (; TDP) is an Indian regional political party operating in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana at the state and central level. Since its founding by N. T. Rama Rao (often referred to as NTR) on 29 March 1982, the party has foc ...

Early life

Akhila Priya was born on 2 April 1987 to

Bhuma Nagi Reddy Bhuma Nagi Reddy ( te, భూమా నాగిరెడ్డి; 8 January 1964 – 12 March 2017) was an Indian politician. He was elected in a by-election to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1992 after the sudden death of h ...

and

Shobha Nagi Reddy Shobha Nagi Reddy (16 December 1968 – 24 April 2014) was an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh, India. She represented the Allagadda constituency in the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh for four terms until 2012 when she resigned due ...

in Allagadda, Kurnool District, Andhra Pradesh. She is the eldest of three children. In 2014 had to contest in the Allagadda by-election which was vacant due to the death of her mother in a road accident, was unanimously elected representing the

YSR Congress Party The Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP or YCP; ) is an Indian regional political party based in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Its president Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy serves as the state's chief minister. It is currently the fifth lar ...

Political career

In 2014, she won as an

Member of the Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. S ...

from the Allagadda assembly constituency by-election representing

. Later in 2016, she joined

along with her father

and served as the ''Minister for Tourism, Telugu Language and Culture'' under the Telugu Desam Party government. In 2019 she contested from Allagadda assembly constituency from Telugu Desam Party and lost the election to Gangula Bijendra Reddy of YSR Congress Party.

Personal life

In 2018, she married industrialist Bharghava Ram.

References

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