Gowru Charitha Reddy (4 August 1971) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh, India. She represented the Panyam constituency in the 2014

Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly or Andhra Pradesh Śāsana Sabha is the lower house of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature. The Legislative Assembly consists of 175 members which are elected by adult universal suffrage under the first-pa ...

. Earlier, she served as a MLA 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 (2004-2009) and Panyam constituency (2014-2019). She was also a member of Women and Child welfare committee of

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Legislative Assembly. She left the

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party and joined the newly formed

YSR Congress 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 ...

Party. Her husband, Gowru Venkata Reddy is also a political leader.

Political career

Gowru Charitha Reddy was elected 2 times to Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh. In 2004, she contested from

on behalf of Congress Party and emerged victorious over Byreddy Rajasekhar Reddy a two time

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. In 2014, she contested from Panyam on behalf of

YSRCP 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 la ...

and emerged victorious over Katasani Ramabhupal Reddy, a five time MLA. In the 2019 Assembly Elections, she quit

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 la ...

and joined

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 fo ...

as 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 la ...

denied her to contest the

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this time. She contested the election from the side of the

Telugu Desam 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 ...

Party and lost it to Katasani Ramabhupal Reddy, who contested from the YSR Congress.

Personal life

Gowru Charitha Reddy is married to Gowru Venkata Reddy and the couple have two children, a son named Gowru Janardhan Reddy and a Daughter.

References

People from Kurnool district People from Rayalaseema YSR Congress Party politicians Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2014–2019 1971 births Living people Telugu Desam Party politicians {{AndhraPradesh-TDP-politician-stub