Gaddam Prasad Kumar
గడ్డం ప్రసాద్ కుమార్
3rd Speaker of Telangana Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
14 December 2023
GovernorTamilisai Soundararajan
Chief MinisterRevanth Reddy
Preceded byPocharam Srinivas Reddy
Member of Legislative Assembly, Telangana
Assumed office
2023
Preceded byAnand Methuku
ConstituencyVikarabad
Minister of Handlooms & Textiles,
Spinning Mills and Small Scale Industries
Government of United Andhra Pradesh
In office
2012–2014
GovernorE. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief MinisterKiran Kumar Reddy
Preceded byP. Shankar Rao
Succeeded byOffice Dissolved
Member of Legislative Assembly
United Andhra Pradesh
In office
2009–2014
Preceded byA Chandrashekhar
Succeeded byB. Sanjeeva Rao
ConstituencyVikarabad
Personal details
BornVikarabad, Andhra Pradesh (present day Telangana, India)
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseShailaja
Children2

Gaddam Prasad Kumar is an Indian politician currently serving as the Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly. He represents Vikarabad in the Telangana Legislative Assembly. He is a former Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.[1] He belongs to Indian National Congress.[2]

Early life

Gaddam Prasad Kumar was born in Vikarabad, Ranga Reddy district, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Career

Gaddam Prasad Kumar was elected to Vikrabad constituency in 2009 Assembly elections from Ranga Reddy district defeating A. Chandrashkhar of Telangana Rashtra Samithi party. in 2012 he was inducted into the Cabinet of N Kiran Kumar Reddy as Minister for Handlooms & Textiles, Spinning Mills & Small Scale Industries. He was appointed as Congress party campaign coordinators for the 2012 byelections in 12 Assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh.[3]

After the State Bifurcation In 2014 he lost to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi candidate B Sanjeev Rao in 2014, and to Dr M Anand in 2018 Telangana Assembly Elections.

Gaddam Prasad Kumar defeated Methuku Anand of BRS party in the 2023 Assembly Elections.[4] The Congress has Finalized Gaddam Prasad for the post of Telangana assembly speaker on 7th December and filed his nomination on 13th December in the presence of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy.[5]

G. Prasad Kumar unanimously elected as Speaker of Telangana Legislative Assembly and took charge on 14 December 2023.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : Rally turns violent in Vikarabad". The Hindu. 16 February 2010. Archived from the original on 20 February 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  2. ↑ Koride Mahesh, TNN 14 Jan 2011, 12.08am IST (14 January 2011). "6 city, 2 RR dist MLAs may hitch on to Jagan". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 December 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "Congress campaign coordinators". The Hindu. 11 July 2010. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  4. ↑ India Today (4 December 2023). "Vicarabad Assembly Election Results 2023 Highlights: INC's Gaddam Prasad Kumar defeats BRS's Dr. Anand Methuku with 12893 votes". Archived from the original on 13 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  5. ↑ Telangana Today (13 December 2023). "Telangana Assembly: Gaddam Prasad files nomination to Speaker's post". Archived from the original on 13 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  6. ↑ The Hindu (13 December 2023). "G. Prasad Kumar unanimously elected as Speaker". Archived from the original on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
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