Vakiti Sunitha Laxma Reddy

Vakiti Sunitha Laxma Reddy was elected as BRS Party MLA from Narsapur Assembly Constituency, Medak District of Telangana. She was elected for four terms from the same constituency. She served as Minister for Minor Irrigation in the cabinets led by Dr. Y.S. Raja Sekhar Reddy, K. Rosaiah, and Kiran Kumar Reddy. In the reshuffling and reformation of the cabinet by N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, Sunitha Laxma Reddy was allocated the portfolio of Indira Kranthi Yojana and Pensions. She contested 2014 by poll from Medak (Lok Sabha constituency) being Congress candidate and lost.[1]

Vakiti Sunitha Laxma Reddy
Member of Legislative Assembly, Telangana
Assumed office
2023
Preceded byChilumula Madan Reddy
Constituency Narsapur
Minister for Women welfare, Child welfare, Disabled Welfare, SHGs, IKP, Pensions
Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
25 November 2010 – 21 February 2014
GovernorE. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief MinisterKiran Kumar Reddy
Preceded byKonda Surekha
Succeeded byPresident's Rule
Minister of Minor Irrigation
Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
25 May 2009 – 24 November 2010
GovernorN. D. Tiwari
E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief MinisterY. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
Konijeti Rosaiah
Preceded byPonnala Lakshmaiah
Member of Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
In office
1999 - 2014
Preceded byChilimula Vithal Reddy
Succeeded byTelangana Assembly Created
Constituency Narsapur
Personal details
Born (1968-04-05) 5 April 1968 (age 56)
Gomaram, Shivampet Mandal, Telangana, India
Political partyTelangana Rashtra Samithi
(2019-present)
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress
(1999-2019)
SpouseLate Sri Vakiti Laxma Reddy
ChildrenSrinivas Reddy, Shashidhar Reddy
Residence(s)Gomaram, Shivampet Mandal, Medak district

On 3 April 2019, she joined BRS Party at the public meeting in Medak parliamentary constituency.

Present: Telangana government appointed Vakiti Sunitha Lakshma Reddy as the chairperson and the members of women's commission on 27 December 2020.[2][3]

Sunitha was also the former minister of women development and child welfare in Andhra Pradesh who has now taken the charge of being the Chairperson of the women's commission.

Bharat Rashtra Samithi president and Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on 25 October 2023 announced the candidature of Vakiti Sunitha Lakshma Reddy for Narsapur assembly constituency for 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election to be held on November 30.[4]

References

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  1. ^ The New Indian Express (28 August 2014). "Three Reddys and a Lok Sabha Constituency". Archived from the original on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  2. ^ The Indian Express (28 December 2020). "Telangana gets a fully functional Women's Commission after 2.5 years". Archived from the original on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  3. ^ "A Women's Commission for Telangana, at last". 28 December 2020. Archived from the original on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  4. ^ Telangana Today (25 October 2023). "CM announces Sunitha Laxma Reddy as Narsapur MLA candidate, Madan Reddy for Medak MP seat". Archived from the original on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.