Gadikota Srikanth Reddy
Government Chief Whip[1]
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
6 June 2019 – incumbent
SpeakerTammineni Sitaram
Preceded byPalle Raghunatha Reddy
Succeeded byHimself
Member of Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
Assumed office
2014[2]
Preceded byAndhra Pradesh Assembly Created
Constituency Rayachoti
Member of Legislative Assembly
United Andhra Pradesh
In office
2009[3]–2014
Preceded byPalakondrayudu Sugavasi
Succeeded byUnited Andhra Pradesh Assembly Divided
Constituency Rayachoti
Personal details
Born15 June 1971
Ramapuram
Political partyYSRCP
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress
(2009-2012)
ResidenceRayachoti
OccupationPolitics

Gadikota Srikanth Reddy is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Andhra Pradesh, a state in southern India. He was elected in the 2009 general assembly elections, when he defeated the sitting MLA. Reddy is a supporter of Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, president of Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party. Gadikota Srikanth Reddy is the Chief Whip in Andhra Pradesh State Legislative Assembly from 2019 and is now appointed as district president of Annamayya.

His father, Gadikota Mohan Reddy, served as a MLA from the Lakkireddipalle constituency between 1999 and 2009.[4][5]

In 2012, he resigned his membership in the Indian National Congress party and his membership in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly as a loyal gesture to popular leader, Y.S. Raja Shekara Reddy. He was re-elected to the Assembly on Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party ticket. He got a record majority of over 50,000 votes. Mr. Reddy represented Rayachoti as an MLA for four successive terms starting from 2009 to 2019.

On 1 April 2017, Reddy demanded that Tirupati be made the second capital of Andhra Pradesh.[6] Gadikota Srikanth Reddy was appointed the chief whip of the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress party led state government in Andhra Pradesh and now Appointed as district president of Annamayya.[7]

Positions held

SL.NO From To Position Party Margin
1. 2009 2012 MLA (1st term) from Rayachoti Indian National Congress 14,832
2. 2012 2014 MLA (2nd term) from Rayachoti YSRCP 56,891
3. 2014 2019 MLA (3rd term) from Rayachoti YSRCP 34,782
4. 2019 2024 MLA (4th term) from Rayachoti YSRCP 32,862

Personal life

Gadikota Srikanth Reddy was born in 1971 in Tirumala to Gadikota Mohan Reddy and Krishnamma. He pursued his education up to the intermediate level in Kadapa. Later, he transitioned to Bangalore for his university studies. Subsequently, he relocated to the United States, where he dedicated 11 years to the IT sector. In 2001, he entered into matrimony with Lalitha and promptly returned to India, demonstrating a pronounced inclination towards the realm of politics. Gadikota Srikanth Reddy served as the Congress Youth President under the leadership of Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy. He currently has two children one son and one daughter

References

  1. ^ https://aplegislature.org/web/legislative-assembly/chief-whip
  2. ^ https://www.myneta.info/ap09/candidate.php?candidate_id=2324
  3. ^ https://ceotelangana.nic.in/Bye_Elecs_18_ACs_&_1%20PC/Affidavits/247_Rayachoti_AC/247_004_Gadikota_Srikanth_Reddy.pdf
  4. ^ "Gadikota Srikanth Reddy (INC): Constituency- Rayachoti (Kadapa) – Affidavit Information of Candidate". Myneta.info. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  5. ^ "NRI-son campaigns for ticket-seeking father". The Hindu. 13 March 2004. Archived from the original on 11 September 2004. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  6. ^ "AP MLA wants Tirupati as 2nd capital of AP state". The Hans India. 1 April 2017. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Gadikota Srikanth Reddy Appointed as AP Govt Chief Whip".