V. Srinivas Goud

V. Srinivas Goud is the Minister of Prohibition & Excise, Sports & Youth services, Tourism & Culture and Archaeology' in Telangana.He is the Member of Legislative Assembly from Mahabubnagar Constuency in Telangana.[1] He is the activist and former state government official and Telangana Gazetted Officers’ (TGO) president.[2] He was the Co-Chairman of Telangana Political Joint Action Committee(TJAC)[3] and former President of Telangana Gazetted Officers Association. Currently he is the Founder Chairman of Telangana Gazetted Officers Association.[4] He was a major leader during the 2004–10 Telangana protests.

V. Srinivas Goud
Born (1969-03-16) 16 March 1969
EducationB.Sc, PGDCJ, PGDWMM
OccupationPolitician and Activist

Early life

Srinivas Goud was born in a middle-class family to V. Narayan Goud and Shanthamma. He was born and raised in Rachala Village, Addakal Mandal in the Mahabubnagar District.[5] He did his graduation, B.Sc, PGDCJ, PGDWMM and after clearing the state civil services joined the Andhra Pradesh Government.

Career

He joined the government of Andhra Pradesh in 1998.

Political career

He resigned from his government job and joined the political party Telangana Rashtra Samithi on 13 March 2014. He had contested in Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2014 from Mahbubnagar constituency and won the seat.[6] Srinivas Goud has been elected as Member of Legislative Assembly for the 2nd time with 57,775 majority. This being the highest majority wins in combined Mahabubnagar district in 2019 elections. He is very close confidant of Chief Minister K ChandraShekar Rao and KTR. Srinivas Goud has been inducted into the Telangana Cabinet on 19 February 2019 and has been allocated Prohibition & Excise, Youth Services, Sports, Tourism, Culture & Archeology Portfolios.

Personal life

He is married and has two daughters. He has a sister and a brother

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References
  1. Srinivas present position as Revenue Parliamentary Secretary
  2. "Telangana gazetted officers warn of indefinite strike". The Hindu. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  3. "TJAC intensifies activities". The Hindu. 20 January 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  4. "Panchayats oppose Bhadrachalam merger". The Hindu. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  5. "Riders for NREGA : Challenges of backward districts" (PDF). Nrega.nic.in. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  6. "ts Legislative Assembly Election 2014 Result". eciresults.ap.nic.in. Retrieved 16 May 2014.


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