Vemula Veeresham (born 1982) is an Indian politician from Telangana. He represented Nakrekal Assembly constituency. He initially belonged to Telangana Rashtra Samithi but later joined Indian National Congress

Early life

He was born to Vemula Kondaiah and Mallamma in Utukur village of Shali Gowraram Mandal Nalgonda district, Telangana, India and belongs to scheduled caste, Madiga community. He has completed his school education in Z.P.H.S. Madhavaram Kalan and his intermediate and degree in Nakrekal. Since his school education itself he actively participated in the student organization P.D.S.U.

Political career

Veeresham won from Nakrekal in 2014 Telangana Assembly Elections for the first time by defeating sitting MLA Chirumarthi Lingaiah. Being brought up from a poor backward family he knows the problems of the poor very well. Several development activities were initiated with the support of Minister for Energy, Telangana G. Jagadish Reddy. He again contested as an MLA on Telangana Rashtra Samithi ticket in 2018 Assembly Elections. He was defeated by Chirumarthi Lingaiah of Indian National Congress. In

2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election The 2023 Telangana legislative assembly election is scheduled to be held in or before December 2023 to elect all 119 members of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, state's Legislative Assembly. K. Chandrashekar Rao of Bharat Rashtra Samithi, i ...

, he contested from the Indian National Congress and won with a majority of 68000 votes.https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenDecNew2023/candidateswise-S2995.htm

Personal life

He is married to Pushpa Latha. They have a son, Vipul Kumar and a daughter, Vinuthna.

References

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