25 Facts About Revanth Reddy

Anumula Revanth Reddy was born on 8 November 1969 and is an Indian politician who is serving as the second and current Chief Minister of Telangana since 7 December 2023.

Revanth Reddy previously represented Malkajgiri as a Member of Parliament.

Anumula Revanth Reddy was born on 8 November 1969 in Konda Reddy Pally of Mahboobnagar, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Revanth Reddy graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Andhra Vidyalaya College, Osmania University, Hyderabad.

Revanth Reddy was a member of ABVP, an RSS affiliated organization, while he was a student.

In 2007, Reddy was elected as a Member of Legislative Council as an independent candidate.

Revanth Reddy won against the incumbent and five-time MLA, Gurunath Reddy of Congress.

Revanth Reddy served as an MLA in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly between 2009 and 2014 and in Telangana Assembly, between 2014 and 2018.

Revanth Reddy contested the 2014 undivided Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections and was elected to the Telangana Assembly from Kodangal with a majority of 14,614 votes against Gurunath Reddy.

Revanth Reddy was elected as the floor leader of Telugu Desam Party in the Telangana Legislative Assembly.

Revanth Reddy contested the 2018 Telangana Assembly elections from Kodangal as an Indian National Congress candidate and lost to Bhartiya Rashtra Samithi candidate, Patnam Narender Reddy, marking his first defeat in an election.

Revanth Reddy defeated his closest competitor, Marri Rajashekar Reddy from BRS.

In June 2021, Reddy was appointed as president of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee, replacing N Uttam Kumar Reddy.

Revanth Reddy took on the new role from 7 July 2021.

Revanth Reddy led the Congress' successful campaigning against the incumbent Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao in 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election with the party winning 64 seats, 4 seats past the majority mark.

Revanth Reddy contested from Kodangal and Kamareddy constituencies, winning in the former seat and losing in the latter.

Revanth Reddy denied any role in the creation or the dissemination of the video.

Revanth Reddy met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and requested him to allot the Sravanapalli coal mining block to the PSU Singareni Collieries Company.

Revanth Reddy wanted HYDRAA to be developed as a strong system and was ready to allocate parts of the state budget for it.

Revanth Reddy was elected as the ZPTC from Midjil in 2006 and as an independent MLC in 2007 through elections by local bodies from Mahabubnagar.

Revanth Reddy had visited hospitals, and travelled in trains and public transport in Melbourne to meet victims, and interact with Indian students in Australia, to get a better understanding of the situation.

Revanth Reddy had visited the Victorian Parliament, and had meetings with then Victorian opposition leader Ted Baillieu, and Ministerial Adviser Mr Nitin Gupta to raise concerns about Indian students being attacked in Melbourne, Australia.

On 31 May 2015, Revanth Reddy was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau, Andhra Pradesh during a sting operation, for bribing nominated MLA Elvis Stephenson to vote in favour of the Telugu Desam Party candidate in the legislative council election.

Revanth Reddy's lawyer informed Delhi Police on Wednesday that the Congress leader did not share the alleged doctored video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, asserting that Reddy had no involvement with the video and requesting the withdrawal of the notice.

Revanth Reddy warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi against making threats in his state after being summoned by the Delhi Police in connection with the doctored video case.