Sandra Venkata Veeraiah (born 15 August 1968) is an Indian politician from

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. He is the incumbent MLA from

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in the

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. He has been elected four times as MLA, once from

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representing

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and thrice from

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 ...

representing

. He belongs to the

Bharat 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 ...

Early life

Venkata Veeraiah, who hails from a poor Dalit family, was elected as an MLA at the age of 25 in 1994.

Career

Venkata Veeraiah was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for the Palair constituency in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1994. In 1999, he served as the in-charge of the CPM Party for the Palair constituency. In 2004, he took on the role of in-charge for the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in the Palair constituency. In 2009, he was elected as an MLA from the TDP for the Sathupalli constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He continued to hold the position in 2014 when the Sathupalli constituency became part of the newly-formed Telangana Legislative Assembly. He was elected as a member of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Board three times in 2016, 2017, and 2018. In 2018, he served as the Vice-President of the National TDP. In the same year, he was elected as an MLA from the TDP for the Sathupalli constituency of the Telangana Legislative Assembly. In spite of having differing opinions with the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) he switched his allegiance and joined the TRS.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Veeraiah, Sandra Venkata Telangana MLAs 2014–2018 Living people Former members of Telugu Desam Party Indian prisoners and detainees People from Khammam district Indian politicians convicted of crimes 1968 births Telangana MLAs 2018–2023