Y. S. Avinash Reddy is an Indian politician who is the
Member of Parliament in 16th Lok Sabha and 17th Lok Sabha from
Kadapa (Lok Sabha constituency),
Andhra Pradesh. He won the Indian general elections of
2014
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and
2019
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being a
YSR Congress Party candidate.
Political career
In April 2018, he along with his party MPs resigned for their posts in protest for not giving special status to Andhra Pradesh and issued a no-confidence notice on the government.
General Elections 2014
General Elections 2019
Criminal conspiracy in the murder of Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy
Avinash Reddy was summoned by the
Central Bureau of Investigation
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is the premier investigating agency of India. It operates under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions. Originally set up to investigate bribery and governmen ...
(CBI) on criminal conspiracy
related to the murder of
Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy
Yeduguri Sandinti Vivekananda Reddy (8 August 1951 – 15 March 2019) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Kadapa constituency of Andhra Pradesh. He was a member of the Indian National Congress. He was brutally hacke ...
, who has been brutally murdered and found at his residence in Kadapa on 15 March 2019. The death was first reported as a
heart attack but later found to be a murder which led to further suspicion. The murder took place few weeks before the
2019 Andhra Pradesh General Elections. Along with his father Bhaskar Reddy, Avinash Reddy has been accused of conspiracy in the murder of Bhasker Reddy's cousin Vivekananda Reddy, based on a list of suspects submitted by the victim’s daughter Suneetha Nareddy. The CBI has sent a notice to Avinash Reddy to attend the inquiry on 19 May 2023.
References
External links
Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
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1984 births
Living people
Alumni of the University of Worcester
India MPs 2014–2019
YSR Congress Party politicians
People charged with criminal conspiracy
Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh
People from Kadapa district
Telugu politicians
India MPs 2019–present