Kethi Reddy Suresh Reddy is an Indian politician who is the current Member of Rajya Sabha from Telangana since 2020. He was the

Speaker Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly * Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture * A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially: ** In ...

of the

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-p ...

from 2004 to 2009.

Political career

Reddy has had a political career spanning nearly two decades and is a four-time

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

(INC) MLA from the

Balkonda Assembly constituency Balkonda Assembly constituency is a constituency of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of the 5 constituencies in Nizamabad district. It is part of Nizamabad Lok Sabha constituency. Vemula Prashanth Reddy of Telangana Rashtr ...

. He became Speaker of the 12th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly at the age of 45 having begun his career in politics as a

mandal A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

-level leader in 1984. He was the first person from

Nizamabad district Nizamabad district is a district located in the north-western region in the Indian state of Telangana. The city of Nizamabad is the district headquarters.It was known as " Indur " which was supposed to have originated from the name of the King ...

to act as Speaker. Reddy, began his political career as the mandal Youth Congress president in 1984. In 1989 the former Chief Minister,

Marri Chenna Reddy Dr. Marri Channa Reddy (13 January 1919 – 2 December 1996) was an Indian politician active in several states. He was the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh from 1978 to 1980 and from 1989 to 1990. He also served as the governor of Uttar Pradesh ...

, nominated him as the candidate from Balkonda constituency. He won that and went on to win it again in the 1994, 1999 and 2004 elections, equalling the record of former Finance Minister, Argul Rajaram in that constituency. He was also one of only two INC candidates to win in the Telangana region in the 1994 election, with the other being D. Redya Naik. In 2009, due to

delimitation Boundary delimitation (or simply delimitation) is the drawing of boundaries, particularly of electoral precincts, states, counties or other municipalities.

, the Balkonda constituency was reorganised. Reddy was asked by former Chief Minister

Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy (8 July 1949 – 2 September 2009), popularly known as YSR, was the 14th chief minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, serving from 2004 to 2009. Reddy was elected to the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12t ...

to contest instead the Armur constituency. He lost that election, in part due to the effect of the alliance between the

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 ...

and TRS, as well as the emergence of

Chiranjeevi Chiranjeevi (born Konidela Sivasankara Varaprasad; 22 August 1955) is an Indian actor, film producer and former politician, who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. Chiranjeevi starred in over 150 feature films in Telugu language, Telugu, as ...

's PRP party. During his stint as an MLA, he was the Library Committee Chairman of the Assembly from 1990 to 1993. In 1997, he became chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, and he also served as the Congress party whip from 2000-2003. Senior Congress leader and former Assembly Speaker, K. R. Suresh Reddy on 7 September 2018 announced his decision to join the TRS not for any "political gains" but to be part of the "silent revolution" for the progress and development of Telangana State.

Positions held in political career

* Speaker, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly during 2004-09 * Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Executive Committee * Member, Standing Committee of the All India Presiding Officers, regional representative of India Region * Member, Indian Region Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Executive Committee * President, Andhra Pradesh branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association * 1999-2009, Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly * Director, Andhra Pradesh Industrial Development Corporation * INC Whip in the Andhra Pradesh assembly * Member, Committee on Estimates * Chairman, Public Accounts Committee * Member, Cricket Association of Telangana

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reddy, K. R. Suresh 1959 births Living people Speakers of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Indian National Congress politicians from Telangana Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Bharat Rashtra Samithi politicians