Perni Venkataramaiah, commonly known as Perni Nani, is an Indian politician from Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh. He is elected as the

Member of the Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. S ...

from Machilipatnam Assembly constituency to the

Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly 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-pa ...

on behalf of

YSR Congress Party The Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP or YCP; ) is an Indian regional political party based in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Its president Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy serves as the state's chief minister. It is currently the fifth lar ...

. He is a former Minister for Transport, Information & Public Relations in the state of

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 ...

Early life

Perni Venkataramaiah was born to Perni Krishnamurthy and Nageshwaramma. His father is a politician and former minister in the cabinet of

N. Janardhana Reddy Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy (20 February 1935 – 9 May 2014) was an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. A member of the Indian National Congress, he represented the Visakhapatnam constituency in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Ind ...

Career

* Perni Nani contested the

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on behalf of

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 ...

. He was backed by

, former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, but was opposed by

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 ...

, then leader of

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of the state. He lost the election to N. Narasimha Rao 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 ...

. * He later contested the 2004 elections and won against N. Narasimha Rao. * He contested the

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and won as the MLA. He served as the whip in

Kiran Kumar Reddy Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy (born 13 September 1959) is an Indian politician who served as the 16th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh between 25 November 2010 and 1 March 2014. He was the last Chief Minister of the United Andhra Pradesh before the ...

's government. He aspired to serve in the cabinet as a minister of the state. However, it wasn't attained, neither during Rajasekhara Reddy's chief-ministership nor during N. Kiran Kumar Reddy's chief-ministership. Relented, he indicated at a public meeting held by

Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy Yeduguri Sandinti Jagan Mohan Reddy (born 21 December 1972) also known as Y. S. Jagan or mononymously Jagan, is an Indian entrepreneur and politician serving as the 17th and current chief minister of Andhra Pradesh since 30 May 2019. He is the ...

in August 2011 as part of ''Odarpu Yatra'', that he might not be a member of Congress party by the time the next elections were due. * In January 2013, he quit Congress and joined Jagan Mohan Reddy's

. In March, he voted against the government during a no-confidence motion, moved by

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 ...

, thus defying the whip of Congress party. Subsequently, he was disqualified as the MLA on 8 June. * He unsuccessfully contested the

2014 elections The following elections occurred in the year 2014. * 2014 United Nations Security Council election 16 October 2014 Africa * 2014 Algerian presidential election 17 April 2014 * 2014 Botswana general election 24 October 2014 * 2014 Comorian presi ...

on behalf of YSR Congress Party from Machilipatnam constituency and lost to

Kollu Ravindra Kollu Ravindra is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh who served as MLA for Machilipatnam (Assembly constituency) from 2014 until his defeat in 2019. He has also held cabinet ministerial position during his tenure as an MLA. Early life ...

(TDP). * He contested the 2019 elections and won against the incumbent TDP MLA, Kollu Ravindra from Machilipatnam Assembly constituency. * In June 2019, Chief Minister

inducted him into the cabinet ministry assigning the ministries of Transport, and Information & Public Relations. Perni Nani has served as the Minister for Transport, and Information & Public Relations from June 2019 to 7 April 2022.

References

Living people Telugu politicians People from Krishna district State cabinet ministers of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014 YSR Congress Party politicians Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh Year of birth missing (living people) Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2004–2009 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024 {{Authority control