Vangalapudi Anitha (born 1 January 1984) is an Indian politician from

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 ...

. She won the

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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 fo ...

ticket from Payakaraopet SC reserved constituency in the erstwhile Visakhapatnam district and present Anakapalli district. She is nominated to contest the Payakaraopet SC reserved constituency in the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election on TDP ticket.

Early life and education

Anitha was born in Lingarajupalem, S. Rayavaram mandal, Visakhapatnam district. Her father's name is Vangalapudi Apparao. She completed her MA and M.Ed. from

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in 2009. She married K Shiva Prasad.

Career

In 2014, she won the Payakaraopet Assembly seat representing TDP. She defeated her nearest rival Chengala Venkatrao of

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by 2,828 votes. In April 2018, she was nominated as a member of the Tirupati Thirumala Devasthanam board. But after a controversy in social media, within a few days she requested the Chief Minister and withdrew the membership. Later, it was cancelled. In the 2019 Assembly election, she lost the Kovvuru seat to Taneti Vanitha of YSRCP. On 30 January 2021, she became the president of Telugu Mahila, the women's wing of TDP.

Controversy

After the TTD board member controversy in 2018, she was involved in a 'cheque bounce' case in May 2022.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Anitha, Vangalapudi Living people Women members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2014–2019 21st-century Indian women politicians 1984 births People from Visakhapatnam district Andhra University alumni