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Pandula Ravindra Babu is an Indian politician and a
member of parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
from Amalapuram (Lok Sabha constituency),
Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...
. He won the
2014 Indian general election General elections were held in India in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to elect the members of the 16th Lok Sabha. With 834 million registered voters, they were the largest-ever elections in the world until being surpassed by the 2019 ...
being a
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 ...
candidate. Born on 8 November 1955, he was an Officer of Indian Revenue Service till early 2014, when he resigned to contest Lok Sabha elections. He is a prolific speaker and takes a special interest in debating social issues.


Personal life

Dr Ravindra Babu married Smt. Suneetha Ravindra Babu on 12 Jun 1985. He has two daughters. He worked as IRS officer before entering into politics. His elder daughter was a pilot and married to IAS officer of Orissa cadre .


Political career

Dr Ravindra Babu elected to 16th Lok Sabha. At the Lok Sabha he was a member of the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. He joined YSR Congress Party on 18 February 2019. YSR congress Party selected him for MLC under Governor quota in July 2020.


Controversies

MP Ravindrababu allegedly said that "people are joining the armed forces for free liquor, free meat and for free holidaying with family members." His remarks kicked up a row nation-wide. In fact, AP CM N. Chandrababu Naidu sought an explanation from the MP. "I had earlier extended medical services to the Army personnel. I was misquoted. Mr Naidu was misinformed about my remarks," he said. Later MP has offered to tender an apology to the Indian Armed Forces personnel, if they felt slighted by his controversial remarks.


References

India MPs 2014–2019 Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh Living people Indian Revenue Service officers Telugu Desam Party politicians People from East Godavari district 1955 births Telugu politicians {{AndhraPradesh-TDP-politician-stub