Konda Surekha (born 19 August 1965) is an Indian politician from the

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. She served as an MLA from

Shyampet Shayampet is a village and a mandal in Hanamkonda district in the state of Telangana in India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most pop ...

Parkal Parkal is a town in Hanumakonda district of the Indian state of Telangana. Government and politics Parkal is a Assembly Constituency of Telangana Legislative Assembly, India. It is one of 12 constituencies in Warangal district. It is part o ...

, and Warangal East constituencies in

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Early life

Konda Surekha was born in the city 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 ...

, India to Thumma Chandramouli and Thumma Radha and married to Konda Murali.

Career

Konda Surekha was elected as Mandal Parishad, in 1995. In 1996 she was appointed

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member and in 1999 was elected as M.L.A. from Shayampet. In 1999 she became a Congress Legislature Party Treasurer, as well as being a member of Women & Child Welfare Committee, Health and Primary Education Standing committee. She was appointed AICC Member in 2000. In 2004 she got elected as MLA –Shayampet and in 2004 was an official spokesperson for Congress party. She became Ex Officio Member,

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, in 2005. In 2009 she got elected as Parkal MLA and was sworn in as Minister for Women Development & Child Welfare, Disabled & Juvenile Welfare. She served as Minister for Women Development & Child Welfare, Disabled & Juvenile Welfare under

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, but resigned after YSR's death when his son Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy was not made Chief Minister, even though he has majority of MLAs support. She resigned on 4 July 2011, her MLA seat for Jagan cause and later for YSR's name mentioned in FIR. She contested by-polls held on 12 June 2012 from

assembly constituency as YSR Congress Party candidate. She resigned from YSRC party in July 2013 citing ill-treatment from the Jagan Mohan Reddy Party people. Days before Indian general elections 2014 she joined

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party and contested from Warangal-East Assembly constituency. She won as an MLA from Warangal East (Assembly constituency) with a 55,085 votes majority. In 2018 she quit TRS party along with her husband and joined the INC.

Political statistics

Personal life

Konda Surekha is married to Konda Murali, an ex- MLC and a Congress leader from

Warangal district Warangal district, formerly Warangal Rural district, is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. The district shares boundaries with Mahabubabad, Jangaon, Hanamkonda, Mulugu and Bhupalpally districts. As of June 2021, Hanamkonda tentativ ...

. They have one daughter.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Surekha, Konda 1965 births Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Telangana Bharat Rashtra Samithi politicians People from Warangal Women members of the Telangana Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2004–2009 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014 Telangana MLAs 2014–2018 21st-century Indian women politicians 20th-century Indian women politicians Women members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1999–2004 YSR Congress Party politicians