Butta Renuka 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 a member of the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress. Her husband Butta Neelakantam, the leader of the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress. She is one of the richest parliamentarians with total assets of more than 300 crores.

Biography

She hails from Nellore. She did her graduation from

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, also known as Telangana Open University, formerly Andhra Pradesh Open University, is a public university in the city of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. History The university was established in 1982 as Andhra Pr ...

and also an member of chenetha community

Career

In 2014, she won the

2014 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh The 2014 general election was the last election that a united Andhra Pradesh took part in, as the state was bifurcated into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states less than a month after the polls. In Andhra Pradesh there are 25 Lok sabha constitu ...

and became an MP for 16th

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...

. On 1 September 2014, she became a member of the Committee on Empowerment of Women, Standing Committee on Rural Development, Consultative Committee, and

Ministry of Human Resource Development The Ministry of Education ( MoE; formerly the Ministry of Human Resource Development from 1985 to 2020) is a ministry of the Government of India, responsible for the implementation of the National Policy on Education. The Ministry is further di ...

. By 2015 she became a member of the General Body of the Central Social Welfare Board. In 2017, she became a member of the Central Supervisory Board. YSRCP nominated her for the Yemmiganur seat for the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.

References

India MPs 2014–2019 YSR Congress Party politicians Former members of Telugu Desam Party People from Kurnool district Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh 1971 births Living people {{AndhraPradesh-YSRCP-politician-stub