Kadiyam Srihari

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Kadiyam Srihari
Pusunoori Dayakar
ConstituencyWarangal
Minister of Marketing,
Social Welfare, Education and Irrigation

Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
1 September 1995 – 13 May 2004
Chief MinisterN. Chandrababu Naidu
Minister of Marketing and Warehousing
Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
12 December 1994 – 1 September 1995
Chief MinisterN. T. Rama Rao
Member of Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
In office
2008–2009
Preceded byGunde Vijaya Rama Rao
Succeeded byT. Rajaiah
Constituency Ghanpur Station
In office
1994–2004
Preceded byBhonagiri Arogyam
Succeeded byGunde Vijaya Rama Rao
Constituency Ghanpur Station
Personal details
Born (1952-07-08) 8 July 1952 (age 71)
Hyderabad, India

Kadiyam Srihari (born 8 July 1952) is an Indian politician is currently the

Member of Parliament from Warangal constituency from the State of Telangana (2014-2015). He also worked as Minister in the cabinets of N. T. Rama Rao and Chandrababu Naidu, representing the Ghanpur (Station) constituency as an MLA. He worked as the Politburo member of Telugu Desam Party and the General Secretary of Telugu Desam Party
.

Kadiyam served as

Telangana Rashtra Samithi
party and is its politburo member.

In the General Elections-2023 held in Telangana, Kadiyam Srihari was given the ticket to Station Ghanpur Assembly Constituency over T. Rajaiah. Kadiyam Srihari won the MLA seat of Station Ghanpur Assembly Constituency.

Early life

Kadiyam Srihari was born in Parvathagiri, a village in the Warangal district. He attended Zilla Parishad High School in Warangal and, then was awarded a B.Sc. from the Arts and Science College in the same city. In 1975, he got a M.Sc. from Osmania University, Hyderabad.

Career

Srihari began his professional career as a manager for Syndicate Bank in Nizamabad, where he worked between 1975 and 1977. He then became a teacher, working as a junior lecturer between 1977 and 1987. During this period, he served as the District President for the Government Junior Lecturers Association in Warangal and also as the State Secretary for the same body in Andhra Pradesh.

He entered politics in February 1987 when he was asked by

Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao to join the Telugu Desam Party. He contested the position of mayor of Warangal Municipal Corporation. He served as chairman for Kakatiya Urban Development Authority, Warangal in 1988. He was the District President for Telugu Desam Party in Warangal district
from 1987 to 1994.

Srihari won a seat as a

Nara Chandrababu Naidu
.

In 2004, Srihari lost the general election contest in Station Ghanpur to Dr. Vijaya Rama Rao of the

Telangana Rashtra Samithi. He won a by-election from the same constituency in 2008.[2]

He played a crucial role in getting the pro-Telangana letter from TDP party and also represented TDP in an all-party meeting held in New Delhi.[3]

TRS

Srihari announced his resignation from the TDP at Warangal on 11 May 2013, expressing displeasure over the party's ambivalent stand on the Telangana statehood issue.[4] He formally joined the TRS, which supported statehood for the Telangana region, on 15 May 2013.[5] He served as the Member of Parliament from Warangal Parliamentary Constituency and later took oath as a cabinet minister in Telangana government on 25 January 2015 as a Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister.[3]

He is a Politburo member in the TRS state committee and also chairman of training classes programmer for Telangana cadre. He is the chairman of TRS manifesto committee and played a crucial role in representing the aspirations of various sectors of people.[3]

With his vast experience as a minister in the past, he was chosen as deputy chief minister and education minister of the state of Telangana.

On 11 June 2015, he resigned as Member of Parliament as he was offered a ministry in Telangana government because he was elected as MLC (Member of the legislative council).

In the 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly elections, he defeated Indira Singapuram of INC by 7779 votes, to become the MLA for the Ghanpur (Station) Assembly Constituency.[6]

Positions held

  • Minister for Irrigation [7]
  • Minister for Social Welfare
  • Minister for Education
  • Minister for Marketing
  • Minister for Education
  • Deputy CM

Political statistics

Year Contested For Party Constituency Opponent Votes Majority Result
1 1994 MLA TDP
Ghanpur (Station)
B.AROGYAM (INC) 62407 - 22356 40051 Won [8]
2 1999 Dr. T. Rajaiah (INC) 50080 - 45520 4560 Won [9]
3 2004 GUNDE VIJAYA RAMA RAO (
TRS
)
43501- 63221 -19720 Lost [10]
4 2008 - ByPoll GUNDE VIJAYA RAMA RAO (
TRS
)
Won [11]
5 2009 Dr. T. Rajaiah (INC) 56952 - 68162 -11210 Lost [12]
6 2012 - ByPoll
TRS
)
81279 - 48641 -32638 Lost [13]
7 2014 MP
TRS
Warangal
Rajaiah Siricilla (INC
)
6,61,639 - 2,69,065 3,92,574 Won
8 2015 MLC Assembly Constituency Won

References

  1. ^ Former Deputy Chief Minister From Telangana
  2. ^ "Srihari's remark sparks opposition protests - Times of India". articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b c "Kadiyam Srihari | MLC | TRS | Warangal | Telangana". 23 June 2020. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  4. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 13 August 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link
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  5. from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Ghanpur (Station) Assembly Election Results 2023 Highlights: BRS's Kadiyam Srihari defeats INC's Indira Singapuram with 7779 votes". India Today. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Rousing reception to Kadiyam - Times of India". articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ "AP by-polls: TRS suffers a setback".
  12. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ "Ghanpur (Station) Election Result 2018 Live Updates: Candidate List, Winner, Runner-up MLA List".

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