Taneti Vanitha is an Indian politician, Minister of Home Affairs, Prison, Fire Services and Disaster Management in the Government of Andhra Pradesh and a Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Kovvur, West Godavari district. She got majority of about 25000 votes in the

2019 Indian general election General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May. Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and voter ...

. She is currently serving as the Minister of Home, Prisons, Fire Services of Andhra Pradesh since 2022.

Career

Vanitha was elected as MLA for Gopalapuram on Telugu Desam Party ticket but defected to YSR Congress party in November 2012. She came out of TDP due to its stand on Andhra Pradesh bifurcation and then joined

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 ...

. In 2019, she contested from Kovvuru as YSRCP candidate and won with a majority of 25000 votes and was appointed as Minister of Women and Child Welfare in Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy ministry. In April 2022 cabinet reshuffle, Vanitha was appointed as Minister for Home and Disaster Management.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vanitha, Taneti Living people Women members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014 People from West Godavari district 21st-century Indian women politicians Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024 State cabinet ministers of Andhra Pradesh 1971 births