Gundu Sudharani (born 28 July 1964) is an Indian politician serving as the current Mayor of

Warangal Warangal () is a city in the Indian state of Telangana and the district headquarters of Warangal district. It is the second largest city in Telangana with a population of 704,570 per 2011 Census of India, and spreading over an . Warangal ser ...

since 2021. She was a

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of India representing

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 ...

in the

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, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. In May 2021, she was elected as the mayor of

city from the

Telangana Rashtra Samithi Bharat Rashtra Samithi ( ; BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS), is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in the state of Telangana. It was founded on 27 April 2001 as by K. Chandrashekar Rao, with a singl ...

party.

Early life

Gundu Sudharani was born on 28 July 1964 to Samala Narsaiah and his wife Venkatalaxmi in

of present-day

. She married Gundu Prabhakar 4 May 1984 and has two sons. Sudharani has a

Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Tho ...

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from

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Career

She was a Board Member of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam from 2002 to 2004. From 2005 to 2010, she was the floor leader, Telugu Desam Party, Municipal Corporation, Warangal. She was elected to Rajya Sabha in June 2010 and since then served as * Member, Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas * Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table In 2014, she was allotted to

state after the

bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh The Telangana movement refers to a movement for the creation of a separate state, Telangana, from the pre-existing state of Andhra Pradesh in India. The new state corresponds to the Telugu-speaking portions of the erstwhile princely state of H ...

by draw of lots. She faced the ire 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 ...

leadership after she abstained from the vote on FDI in Rajya Sabha. Sudha Rani justified her action saying that she missed the vote due to personal reasons and that there was no reason for her to collude with the ruling Congress, an allegation made by the opposition parties. In 2016, Sudha Rani joined

Service

Sudharani has adopted Neerukulla Village under Sansad Aadarsh Gram Yojna. The village comes in Atmakur mandal under Warangal District of Telangana State.

References

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