Kollu Ravindra entered politics in 1998 as Youth President of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Machilipatnam, a position he held for ten years.[citation needed] He was then given the TDP ticket in Machilipatnam for the May 2009 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections. He lost that election by 9,300 votes to the Congress candidate Perni Venkataramaiah. Five years later, in 2014, he defeated the same Perni Venkataramaiah by 15,800 votes.[3] He then entered the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet with two portfolios: Handlooms & Excise and BC Welfare and Empowerment.
In March 2015, Kollu Ravindra started Sparsha, a charity dedicated to the education of poor people in Machilipatnam.[citation needed]
Following a cabinet reshuffle in April 2017, he was appointed Minister for Law & Justice, Skill Development, Youth, Sports, Unemployment Benefits, NRI Empowerment and Relations.[4][5]
Personal life
Kollu Ravindra is married to Neelima and the couple has two sons.[6] His father-in-law is former Andhra Pradesh Cabinet Minister Nadakuditi Narasimha Rao.[7]
Notable acts as Minister
In February 2017 Kollu Ravindra inaugurated National Handloom Exhibition in Guntur.[8]
In May 2018, Kollu Ravindra inaugurated naipunya at Mangalagiri.[9]
In June 2018, Kollu Ravindra inaugurated Cargo services at the Gannavaram international airport.[10]
In July 2018, Kollu Ravindra inaugurated the APNRT Migrant Resource building in the Guntur district.[11]
In February 2019, Kollu Ravindra launched the Youth for Andhra mobile app.[12]
