Paritala Ravindra

Paritala Ravindra (30 August 1958 – 24 January 2005), better known as Paritala Ravi, was a politician from the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. He was a cabinet minister in Andhra Pradesh and a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). He was assassinated by his political rivals in 2005. He started as a communist and later entered electoral politics by joining the Telugu Desam Party. He was elected three times as an MLA from the Penukonda constituency in Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh.