Party Name : Communist Party of India
Constituency : Nalgonda
State : Andhra Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 14
Father's Name : Shri S. Venketrami Reddy
Mother's Name :
Date of birth : 25 Mar 1942
Profession : Agriculturist Journalist, Social Worker
Positions held :
1998 Elected to 12th Lok SabhaSecretary, Communist Party of India (C.P.I.)-State Council, Andhra Pradesh Member, Executive Committee, C.P.I.1998-99 Member, Committee on Human Resource Development and its sub-Committee on Drug Price ControlMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (2nd term)Member, Committee on Rural DevelopmentMember, House CommitteeMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and BroadcastingSecretary, National Council Communist Party of India,Secretary, Communist Party of India, Andhra Pradesh State Council2 January Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Wakf5 Aug. 2007 onwards Chairman, Standing Committee on Labour
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Books Published
Booklets on (i) CIA; and (ii) Unemployment
Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Chairman, Editorial Board, Visalandhra Vignana Samithi, which published, (i) more than 100 books a yea in Telugu on various subjects, including poetry, literary criticism, fiction and drama; and (ii) Visalandhra, a daily newspaper; Editor, (i) Yuvajana (Telugu monthly); (ii) Youth life; and (iii) New Generation (English weekly); Member, Editorial Board, Andhra Pradesh Darshini; contributed articles on contemporary problems to various magazines/newspapers
Social And Cultural Activities
Participated in various seminars and symposia at state, national and international levels; organised and participated in various peoples` movement facing numerous arrests, imprisonment and cases; played important role in organising left parties on a united platform in Andhra Pradesh; as a student leader participated in the struggle for;(i) restoration of students Union in Uttar Pradesh and imprisoned in Lucknow Jail; and (ii) democratic rights and imprisoned in Calcutta Presidency Jail; and (iii) organised struggle against Electricity fare hike and imprisioned in Hyderabad jail
Special Interests
Journalism and literature
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading and attending cultural programmes
Countries Visited
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, China, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Italy, Mongolia, Pakistan, Hungary, U.K., U.S.A. and former U.S.S.R.
Other Information
President, Students` Union, Degree College, Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh); General-Secretary, Osmania University, Law College, Hyderabad; General-Secretary and President, (i) National Council, All India Students` Federation (A.I.S.F.); and (ii) All India Youth Federation (A.I.Y.F.); Vice President, A.P. State Council, Bharatiya Khetmazdoor Union; Secretary, A.P. Civil Liberties Association
