J. Geeta Reddy

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J. Geeta Reddy
Minister of Major Industries, Sugar, Commerce and Export Promotion of Andhra Pradesh
In office
September 2009–2014
Working President of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee
Assumed office
7 July 2021
National President Indian National CongressSonia Gandhi
Mallikarjun Kharge
Minister of Tourism, Sugar and Major Industries commerce and Export promotion of Andhra Pradesh
In office
2004–2009
Minister of Information and Public relations, Tourism, Culture, FDC, Archaeology, Museums & Archives, Cinematography of Andhra Pradesh
In office
2009–2010
Minister of Tourism, Culture, Social Welfare, Sports, Secondary Education and Protocol of Andhra Pradesh
In office
1989–1994
Personal details
Born (1946-04-17) 17 April 1946 (age 78)
Hyderabad
Occupationgynaecologist

Jetti Geeta Reddy

Zahirabad constituency of Sangareddy district from 2014 to 2018. She is the working president of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee
since July 2021.

Reddy has been a minister in the cabinets of various governments. She was also leader of the INC in the legislative assembly during the government of Konijeti Rosaiah.

Early life

Geeta Reddy is the daughter of Eshwari Bai,[2] a former Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and President of the Republican Party of India. She studied medicine at Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad and became a Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London in 1989.[3]

Political career

She contested elections for the

Gajwel in Medak district. She won that constituency again in 2004.[4]

In the

bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh
.

Reddy was a minister in the cabinets of

Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy.[7] She was INC leader in the legislative assembly during the Rosaiah government.[8]

Member of Legislative Assembly

Year Constituency
1989
Gajwel
2004
2009
Zahirabad
2014

Portfolios held

  • 1989–1994: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Social Welfare, Sports, Secondary Education and Protocol.
  • 1995–1998: General Secretary, Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC)
  • 1998–2000: Executive Member of PCC
  • 2000–2004: President, Andhra Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee.
  • 2004–2009: Minister for Tourism, Sugar and Major Industries commerce and Export promotion.
  • 2009–2010: Minister for Information and Public relations, Tourism, Culture, FDC, Archaeology, Museums & Archives, Cinematography.
  • 2010–2014: Minister for Major Industries, Sugar, Commerce and Export promotion

Reddy was also for some time around 2013 in charge of the Home department in the Andhra Pradesh government whilst also holding the Major Industries portfolio.

Chief Minister, Kiran Kumar Reddy, had intervened.[11]

In April 2016, Reddy was appointed chairman of the Telangana Legislative Assembly's

Public Accounts Committee.[12]

Personal life

J. Geeta Reddy is married to Dr. Ramachandra Reddy.[13] She has a daughter.[6]

Around 1980, after Reddy's husband had suffered a stroke and was not responding well to

conventional medicine, the couple visited Sathya Sai Baba. She has expressed admiration for him, noting that her husband's health began to improve soon after the meeting,[13] and has been described as a devotee.[14]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Her name is also spelled as Gita and Geetha

Citations

  1. ^ a b "Member's Profile - Telangana-Legislature".[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Profiles of new Ministers". The Hindu. 23 May 2004. Archived from the original on 5 June 2004. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Jetty Geeta Reddy -". Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Geeta Reddy to be Leader of House". The Hindu. 7 December 2009. Archived from the original on 14 December 2009.
  5. ^ "Zahirabad (SC) (Telangana) Assembly Constituency Elections". Infobase. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  6. ^ a b Menon, Meghna (28 April 2014). "Geetha confident of local support". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  7. ^ www.andhrajyothy.com https://www.andhrajyothy.com/elections/prajatantram_biography?PLID=211. Retrieved 25 May 2019. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "All-party meet held on free zone issue". The Hindu. 18 March 2010. Archived from the original on 2 April 2010.
  9. ^ "Industry-friendly policies to continue post division: J Geeta Reddy". Business Standard. 12 August 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Jagan Case: TDP demands dismissal of Geeta Reddy after CBI chargesheet". Indian Express. PTI. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  11. ^ Sailaja, Seetha (16 November 2013). "Sparing Geeta Reddy CBI scapegoated Mopidevi?". Indian Herald.
  12. ^ "Geeta Reddy appointed PAC chairperson". The Hindu. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  13. ^ a b "Why We Believed In Him". Tehelka. 7 May 2011. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Sai Baba's condition stable, say doctors". NDTV. 6 April 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
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