Singireddy Niranjan Reddy

Singireddy Niranjan Reddy (born 4 October 1958) is an Indian politician serving as the Minister of Agriculture, Co-operation and Marketing of Telangana since 2019. He represents Wanaparthy constituency in the Telangana Legislative Assembly. He is the member of Telangana Rashtra Samithi politburo.

Singireddy Niranjan Reddy
Minister of Agriculture and Co-operation
Government of Telangana
Assumed office
19 February 2019
Preceded byPocharam Srinivas Reddy
Personal details
Born (1958-10-04) 4 October 1958
Pangal, Wanaparthy
Political partyBharat Rashtra Samithi
ResidenceWanaparthy

Early life

He was born in Wanaparthy District in Telangana to Ram Reddy, a farmer. He did his B.Sc and LLB from Osmania University.[1]

Career

Niranjan Reddy was a practicing lawyer before joining TRS party as a founding member in 2001.

Political career
  • Singireddy Niranjan Reddy contested State Legislature from Kollapur in 2004 and Wanaparthy in 2014 but lost.
  • He was appointed Vice Chairman, Telangana State Planning Board in December 2014.[2][3]
  • He contested State Legislature from Wanaparthy in 2018 elections and won by a margin of 51,685 votes.[4]
  • He was appointed cabinet minister on 19 February 2019 for agriculture, marketing, cooperation, food & civil supplies, consumer affairs.[5]

References
  1. Telangana Digithon Launched Today
  2. Ishaqui, S A (15 March 2018). "Telangana govt defends conferring Cabinet status to advisors in court". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  3. TelanganaToday. "'Sapta Samudrams' rejuvenated under Mission Kakatiya". Telangana Today. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  4. "Wanaparthy Election Result 2018 Live Updates: Candidate List, Winner, Runner-up MLA List".
  5. "Profiles of 10 Ministers inducted into Telangana Cabinet". Telangana Today. Retrieved 4 April 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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