Singireddy Niranjan Reddy

Singireddy Niranjan Reddy
Singireddy Niranjan Reddy
Minister of Agriculture and Co-operation Government of Telangana
In office 19 February 2019 – 04 December 2023
Preceded by	Pocharam Srinivas Reddy
Succeeded by	Thummala Nageswara Rao
Personal details
Born	(1958-10-04) 4 October 1958 (age 66) Pangal, Wanaparthy
Political party	Bharat Rashtra Samithi
Residence	Wanaparthy

Singireddy Niranjan Reddy (born October 4, 1958) is an Indian politician who served as the Minister of Agriculture, Co-operation, and Marketing of Telangana from 2019 to 2023. ex-MLA of Wanaparthy constituency in the Telangana Legislative Assembly. He is a politburo member of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi

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] In 2023, in the Telangana assembly elections, INC's Megha Reddy Tudi, with 107115, defeated BRS's Singireddy Niranjan Reddy^[5]
• He worked as a cabinet minister from 2019 to 2023 for agriculture, marketing, cooperation, food & civil supplies, consumer affairs.^[6]

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. "Wanaparthy Assembly Election Results 2023 Highlights: INC's Megha Reddy Tudi with 107115 defeats BRS's Singireddy Niranjan Reddy". India Today. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
6. "Profiles of 10 Ministers inducted into Telangana Cabinet". Telangana Today. Retrieved 4 April 2021.