Dharmapuri Srinivas (born 27 September 1948) is an Indian politician, the former President of
APPCC and ex-
MLA of the State Assembly. He was elected MLA three times in the years 1989,1999, and 2004. He served as Minister for Higher Education and Intermediate Education in Rajashekhar Reddy's government in 2009. Srinivas also worked with different portfolios in the State Cabinet of Andhra Pradesh. He played a key role to bring back the Congress Party into the government in 2004 and 2009. He is a nephew of former finance minister Argul Rajaram of A.P. State. Srinivas lost the elections in 2009, 2010 (Bye- election) and 2012 to BJP and 2014 to BRS PARTY, respectively.
On 2 July 2015, he resigned from the INC
Party.
Early life
D. Srinivas was born in Nizamabad. He graduated from
Nizam College
The Nizam College is a constituent college of Osmania University established in 1887 during the reign of Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, in Basheerbagh, Hyderabad, Telangana.
History
The Nizampur University College was originally the "Mirsar ...
, Hyderabad, Telangana.
Personal life
D. Srinivas is married and he has two sons. His elder son Sanjay is ex-Mayor of Nizamabad. His younger son
Arvind Dharmapuri
Dharmapuri Arvind (born 25 August 1976) is an Indian politician who is the current Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Nizamabad, Telangana. He played first-class cricket match for Hyderabad in 1995/96. He is the youngest of two sons ...
is a businessman and Member of Parliament of Nizamabad from
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...
.
See also
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Arvind Dharmapuri
Dharmapuri Arvind (born 25 August 1976) is an Indian politician who is the current Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Nizamabad, Telangana. He played first-class cricket match for Hyderabad in 1995/96. He is the youngest of two sons ...
References
Telugu politicians
Indian National Congress politicians from Telangana
Living people
People from Nizamabad district
1948 births
Leaders of the Opposition in Telangana
Bharat Rashtra Samithi politicians
Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
Rajya Sabha members from Telangana
Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh
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