Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy
Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy is the former General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) from 2012 to 2019.[1][2][3] He was a member of the 12th and 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Nalgonda constituency of Telangana.[4][5]
Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy | |
|---|---|
| General Secretary of the Communist Party of India | |
| In office 31 March 2012 – 21 July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan |
| Succeeded by | D. Raja |
| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 2004–2009 | |
| Preceded by | Gutha Sukender Reddy |
| Succeeded by | Gutha Sukender Reddy |
| Constituency | Nalgonda |
| In office 1998–1999 | |
| Preceded by | Bommagani Dharma Bhiksham |
| Succeeded by | Gutha Sukender Reddy |
| Constituency | Nalgonda |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 March 1942 Mahbubnagar, Hyderabad State, British India (now Telangana, India) |
| Political party | CPI |
| Spouse | Dr. B.V. Vijaya Lakshmi |
| Children | 2 sons |
| Residence | Hyderabad |
| Alma mater | Osmania University |
| Website | http://suravaram.com/ |
As of 26 September, 2006 Source: [1] | |
He was elected to serve as General Secretary of Communist Party of India (CPI), on 31 March 2012 in the 21st party Congress. He has previously served as the Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour, while being a member of the parliament.
Born on 25 March 1942 at Hyderabad, he was educated in the Municipal High School and Coles memorial High school in Kurnool.
He did his BA in History from Osmania College, Kurnool, in 1964 and LLB from Osmania University Law College in Hyderabad in the year 1967.
When he was 15, he became a crucial figure in an agitation seeking blackboards, chalk and books for his school in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. The movement spread and schools across Kurnool started raising similar demands. Reddy was later elected twice from the Nalgonda parliamentary constituency. Leader of several mass struggles, and widely admired within the party and outside.
External links edit
- Home Page on the Parliament of India's Website
- CPI Khammam
- http://www.hardnewsmedia.com/2012/09/5636#sthash.twBTT5gv.dpuf
References edit
- ^ "Sudhakar Reddy steps into Bardhan's shoes as CPI general secretary". thehindu.com.
- ^ "Sudhakar Reddy is CPI general secretary again". thehindu.com.
- ^ "Sudhakar Reddy unanimously re-elected CPI general secretary". business-standard.com.
- ^ "Biographical Sketch of Member of 12th Lok Sabha".
- ^ "Members : Lok Sabha".