Alimineti Uma Madhava Reddy is an Indian politician from the state of

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. She served as a cabinet minister in the

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and was the

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(MLA) from Bhongir Assembly constituency representing the

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 ...

. Currently, she is a member of

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 ...

Early life

Uma Madhava Reddy was married to

Alimineti Madhava Reddy Alimineti Madhava Reddy (28 February 1949 – 7 March 2000) was an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. He was elected four times to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Bhongir constituency representing the Telugu Desam ...

, former MLA from Bhongir constituency. They have a son, Sandeep Reddy, who is also a politician.

Political career

Reddy's husband Madhava Reddy was killed by

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in March 2000. Post his death, she entered politics by contesting the now-vacant Bhongir constituency by-polls representing the

(TDP) and won as the MLA in May. Soon after in November, she was made a cabinet minister by the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu. She later contested the

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and

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections from TDP and won as the MLA from Bhongir constituency. She lost the 2014 election to

Pailla Shekar Reddy Pailla Shekar Reddy (born 1968) is an Indian politician affiliated with the Telangana Rashtra Samithi. He won from Bhongir constituency in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district in 2014 general elections. He belongs to Telangana Rashtra Samithi and i ...

(TRS). In December 2017, she, along with her son, joined TRS.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reddy, Uma Madhava Year of birth missing (living people) Andhra Pradesh politicians Former members of Telugu Desam Party Bharat Rashtra Samithi politicians State cabinet ministers of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh MLAs 1999–2004 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2004–2009 Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014 Living people