Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy

Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy (born 11 June 1944) was a member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Nellore Loksabha Constituency in Andhra Pradesh and is a member of the YSR Congress.[1]

Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy
Member of parliament for Nellore
In office
16 May 2009 – 20 June 2018
Preceded byPanabaka Lakshmi
Succeeded byAadala Prabhakar Reddy
ConstituencyNellore
Personal details
Born (1944-06-11) 11 June 1944
Nellore, Andhra Pradesh
Political partyYSR Congress Party
Other political
affiliations
Spouse(s)Mekapati Manimanjari
Children3 sons including Mekapati Goutham Reddy
ResidenceJubilee hills, Hyderabad
EducationBachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering
Alma materOsmania University
As of 16 September, 2006
Source:

Reddy lost an election contest in 1983 as an Indian National Congress (INC) candidate. In 1985 he was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly as a candidate of the same party, and in 1989 he became an INC member of the Lok Sabha. He stood again for parliament in 1996,1998 as mp candidate from ongole parliamentary constituency, both times as a Telugu Desam Party candidate. Those attempts were unsuccessful and in the 2004 from narsaroapet parliamentary constituency and in 2009 elections from nellore parliamentary constituency as INC candidate, winning on both occasions. Reddy then became a member of the YSR Congress and was re-elected to the 15th Lok Sabha in a by-election.[2]. He was elected as Leader in Lok Sabha from YSRCP Party.[3]

References
  1. "Lok Sabha Member Bioprofile". Parliament of India. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  2. "Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy's Profile". Partyanalyst.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  3. http://www.sakshi.com/news/top-news/mekapati-rajamohana-reddy-elected-as-ysrcp-parliamentary-party-leader-135538?pfrom=inside-latest-news
Party political offices
Preceded by
Jagan Mohan Reddy		 Leader of the YSR Congress Party in the 16th Lok Sabha
2014–present		 Incumbent
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