Kollu Ravindra is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh who served as MLA for

Machilipatnam (Assembly constituency) Machilipatnam (Assembly constituency) is a constituency in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of Machilipatnam (Lok Sabha constituency), along wi ...

from 2014 until his defeat in 2019. He has also held cabinet ministerial position during his tenure as an MLA.

Early life

Kollu Ravindra was born in

Machilipatnam Machilipatnam (), also known as Masulipatnam and Bandar, is a city in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipal corporation and the administrative headquarters of Krishna district. It is also the Tehsil, mandal he ...

Krishna District Krishna district is district in the coastal Andhra Region in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, with Machilipatnam as its administrative headquarters. It is the coastal district of Andhra Pradesh. Machilipatnam is the most populated city in the di ...

. He entered into politics in 1998 & became TDP youth president of machilipatnam .

Political life

Kollu Ravindra entered politics in 1998 as Youth President of 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 ...

, a position he held for ten years. He was then given the TDP ticket in

for the May 2009 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections. He lost that election by 9,300 votes to the

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candidate Perni Venkataramaiah. Five years later in 2014, he defeated the same Perni Venkataramaiah by 15,800 votes. He then entered the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet with two portfolios: Handlooms & Excise and BC Welfare and Empowerment. Following a cabinet reshuffle in April 2017, he was appointed Minister for Law & Justice, Skill Development, Youth, Sports, Unemployment Benefits, NRI Empowerment and Relations. In March 2015, Kollu Ravindra started Sparsha, a charity dedicated to the education of poor people in Machilipatnam.

Personal life

Kollu Ravindra is married and having two sons. His father-in-law is former Andhra Pradesh Cabinet Minister Nadakuditi Narasimha Rao.

As Minister

In February 2019 kollu ravindra launched Youth for Andhra mobile app. In July 2018 kollu ravindra inaugurated APNRT Migrant Resource building in guntur district. In June 2018 kollu ravindra inaugurated Cargo services in Gannavaram international airport. In May 2018 kollu ravindra inaugurated naipunya at Mangalagiri. In February 2017 Kollu Ravindra inaugurated National Handloom Exhibition in Guntur. Kollu Ravindra also done some of the developmental activities in his constituency.

References

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