Byreddy Rajasekhar Reddy (born 1954) is an Indian politician and founder of Rayalaseema Parirakshana Samithi, for separate statehood for

Rayalaseema Rayalaseema () is a geographic region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It comprises eight south western districts of the State namely, Kurnool, Nandyal, Anantapur, Sri Sathya Sai, YSR, Annamayya, Tirupati and Chittoor districts ...

region of

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 ...

Early life and education

He was born in Muchumarri village, Pagidyal mandal in Nandikotkur,

Kurnool district Kurnool district is one of the eight districts in the Rayalaseema region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in the North western part of the state and is bounded by Jogulamba Gadwal district of Telangana in the north, Raich ...

to Byreddy Seshasayana Reddy and late Srimati Susheelamma. Shree Seshasayana Reddy was a three time MLA and he also served as an MLC. Rajasekhar Reddy studied at Badruka College, Hyderabad affiliated to Osmania University (B.Com 1972–75) and he did M.Com at Sir CR Reddy College, Eluru, West Godavari District AP.

Career

He was an MLA & Cabinet Minister from

Nandikotkur Nandikotkur is a municipality and mandal in Nandyal district of Andhra Pradesh, India. Geography Nandikotkur is located at . It has an average elevation of 292 meters (961 feet). The nearest river is Krishna river. Nandikotkur is a mandal (eq ...

constituency in 1994 and 1999 with

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 ...

. He lost election in 2004 and 2009 general elections.

Rayalaseema Parirakshana Samithi

He quit TDP in September 2012 and formed Rayalaseema Parirakshana Samithi (RPS). He has been opposing the bifurcation of the state, and is demanding separate Rayalseema, in case

Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a States and union territories of India, state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian subcontinent, Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the List of states and union territories of India b ...

statehood is granted. He did various programmes to bring into focus the problems of

. He undertook a 4-month-long Tractor Yatra across the region, covering over 3000 kilometers. He started ground-level (village level) Bus YATRA program to bring into focus the problems of

from February 2016. He is launching a political outfit soon in

Tirupathi Tirupati is a major pilgrimage city in Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh, India. Tirupati may also refer to: Andhra Pradesh, India * Tirupati district, a district in the state of Andhra Pradesh * Tirupati Temple, in Tirupati * Tirupati Municipa ...

References

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