Arani Srinivasulu
{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1954)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2022}}
{{Family name hatnote|Arani|lang=Telugu}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Arani Srinivasulu 2019-03-19.png
| name = Arani Srinivasulu
| office = Member of Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh
| term_start = 2024
| term_end =
| predecessor = Bhumana Karunakar Reddy
| successor =
| constituency = Tirupati
| term_start1 = 2019
| term_end1 = 2024
| predecessor1 = D. K. Satya Prabha
| successor1 = Gurajala Jagan Mohan
| constituency1 = Chittoor
| birth_date = 15 May 1954
| party = Janasena Party (since 2024)
| otherparty = YSR Congress Party (until 2024)
Praja Rajyam Party
Telugu Desam Party
}}
Arani Srinivasulu (born 15 May 1954),{{Cite web |date=16 May 2022 |title=ఘనంగా చిత్తూరు ఎమ్మెల్యే జన్మదిన వేడుకలు |trans-title=Birthday celebrations of Chittoor MLA |url=https://www.sakshi.com/telugu-news/andhra-pradesh/chittoor-mla-arani-srinivasulu-birthday-celebrations-held-glory-1456627 |access-date=23 November 2022 |website=Sakshi |language=te}} also known as Jangalapalli Srinivasulu{{Cite web |date=27 March 2019 |title=YSR Congress Party releases full list of candidates for Lok Sabha election, Assembly poll in Andhra Pradesh |url=https://zeenews.india.com/lok-sabha-general-elections-2019/ysr-congress-party-releases-full-list-of-candidates-for-lok-sabha-election-assembly-poll-in-andhra-pradesh-2188235.html |access-date=23 November 2022 |website=Zee News |language=en}} and JMC,{{Cite web |date=9 April 2014 |title=బాబుకు జేఎంసీ షాక్ |trans-title=JMC shocks Babu |url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/andhra-pradesh/leaders-are-going-to-ysrcp-120414 |access-date=23 November 2022 |website=Sakshi |language=te}} is a politician from the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. He was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Tirupati Assembly constituency in 2024 on behalf of the Janasena Party (JSP).
Early life and education
Arani Srinivasulu was born to Arani Krishnaiah in Kongareddypalli.{{Cite web |title=Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/andhrapradesh2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=5154 |access-date=23 November 2022 |website=myneta.info}} He did his graduation in Arts from PVKN Government Degree College, S. V. University, Tirupati.{{Cite web |date=2020-04-01 |title=Aranii Srenevasulu (Jangalapalli) {{!}} MLA {{!}} Chittoor {{!}} Andhra Pradesh |url=https://theleaderspage.com/aranii-srenevasulu-jangalapalli/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |language=en-US}}
Political career
Srinivasulu contested the 2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Chittoor constituency on behalf of Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) and lost the election to {{Interlanguage link|C. K. Babu|te|సి.కె. బాబు}} of Indian National Congress (Congress) by just 1,710 votes and 1.3%. Later he left PRP and joined TDP and had been appointed the president of its Chittoor district unit. In April 2014, he left TDP and joined YSRCP.{{Cite web |date=8 April 2014 |title=సొంత జిల్లాలో చంద్రబాబుకు షాక్ |trans-title=Shock for Chandrababu in his own district |url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/andhra-pradesh/jangalapalli-srinivasulu-resigns-tdp-120222 |access-date=23 November 2022 |website=Sakshi |language=te}} He contested to Chittoor constituency in the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election on behalf of YSRCP but lost to TDP's {{Interlanguage link|D. K. Satya Prabha|te|డి.కె. సత్యప్రభ}}.{{Cite web |date=20 April 2022 |title=AP Politics: రాజకీయాల్లో యాక్టీవ్ అవుతున్న చిత్తూరు నేత.. పెద్దిరెడ్డితో వైరం ప్లస్సా.. మైనస్సా..! |trans-title=AP Politics: Chittoor leader who is active in politics.. Void with Peddireddy Positive.. Negative..! |url=https://telugu.news18.com/news/andhra-pradesh/ap-politics-speculations-over-senior-politician-ck-babu-to-join-ysrcp-even-he-had-rift-with-minister-peddireddy-rama-chandra-reddy-full-details-here-prn-tpt-1273788.html |access-date=23 November 2022 |website=News18 Telugu |language=te}}{{Cite news |last=K. Umashanker |date=20 November 2020 |title=Former Chittoor MLA Satyaprabha passes away |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/former-chittoor-mla-satyaprabha-passes-away/article33138851.ece |access-date=23 November 2022 |issn=0971-751X}} He again contested in the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election and won as the MLA.{{Cite news |last=K. Umashanker |date=12 September 2022 |title=Andhra Pradesh: Chittoor Kannan school celebrates diamond jubilee |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/andhra-pradesh-chittoor-kannan-school-celebrates-diamond-jubilee/article65882446.ece |access-date=23 November 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}{{Cite web |title=Chittoor Constituency Winner List in AP Elections 2019 |url=https://www.sakshi.com/election-2019/en/results/andhra_pradesh/constituency/chittoor |access-date=23 November 2022 |website=Sakshi}}
Srinivasulu was unhappy with the YSRCP leadership ever since party has appointed Vijayanand Reddy as the Chittoor constituency in-charge for upcoming 2024 general elections to AP Assembly.{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |title=Dropping sitting MLA as in-charge of Chittoor constituency a political gamble, opine YSRCP leaders |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/dropping-sitting-mla-as-in-charge-of-chittoor-constituency-a-political-gamble-opine-ysrcp-leaders/article67734333.ece |access-date=7 March 2024 |date=12 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307114031/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/dropping-sitting-mla-as-in-charge-of-chittoor-constituency-a-political-gamble-opine-ysrcp-leaders/article67734333.ece |archive-date=7 March 2024 |language=en-IN}} After that he met Jana Sena party chief Pawan Kalyan on 3 March 2024 in Hyderabad and later YSR Congress Party suspended him from Party.{{cite news |last1=The News Minute |title=YSRCP suspends Chittoor MLA after he meets Pawan Kalyan |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/andhra-pradesh/andhra-pradesh-ysrcp-suspends-chittoor-mla-after-he-meets-pawan-kalyan |access-date=7 March 2024 |date=4 March 2024 |archive-date= |language=en}}
Arani Srinivasulu has joined Jana Sena Party in the presence of party president Pawan Kalyan on 7 March 2024.{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |title=YSRCP Chittoor MLA Arani Srinivasulu joins Jana Sena Party |url=https://thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ysrcp-chittoor-mla-arani-srinivasulu-joins-jana-sena-party/article67925163.ece |access-date=23 March 2024 |date=7 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323145534/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ysrcp-chittoor-mla-arani-srinivasulu-joins-jana-sena-party/article67925163.ece |archive-date=23 March 2024 |language=en-IN}}{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |title=YSRCP Chittoor MLA to join Jana Sena Party, strongman C.K. Babu {{as written|annou|ces [sic]}} support to TDP candidate |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ysrcp-chittoor-mla-to-join-jana-sena-party-strongman-ck-babu-annouces-support-to-tdp-candidate/article67910129.ece |access-date=7 March 2024 |date=3 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307113755/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ysrcp-chittoor-mla-to-join-jana-sena-party-strongman-ck-babu-annouces-support-to-tdp-candidate/article67910129.ece |archive-date=7 March 2024 |language=en-IN}}
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