Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}
{{infobox officeholder
| name = Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|4|6|df=y}}
| birth_place = Chimakurthy, India
| office =Member of Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
| term_start = 2024
| term_end =
| predecessor = Maddisetty Venugopal
| successor =
| constituency = Darsi
| term_start1 = 2009
| term_end1 = 2014
| constituency1 = Darsi
| predecessor1 = Buchepalli Subba Reddy
| successor1 = Raghavarao Sidda
| party = YSR Congress Party
| occupation = Politician, Doctor
| otherparty = Indian National Congress
}}
Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh.{{Cite web|url=http://myneta.info/andhra2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=4393|title=Buchepalli Siva Prasad Reddy (Yuvajana Sramika Rythu (Congress Party): Constituency- Darsi (Prakasam) – Affidavit Information of Candidate|website=myneta.info|access-date=20 August 2019}} He represented Darsi constituency in the 13th assembly term from the Indian National Congress (INC). After he joined YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) in 2014, he lost Darsi constituency. In 2019 he could not contest elections because of family problems. He studied in B.V. Subbayya school in Pernamitta. Prior to entering politics he did his doctorate from Sri Ramachandra medical college.
Political career
Reddy entered politics and won the Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency (MPTC) of Chimakurthy in August 2005 and was [[Mandal Parishad President.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}
Later, he contested as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Darsi constituency from Indian National Congress against Telugu Desam Party candidate Mannam Venkata Ramana,{{Cite web|url=http://myneta.info/ap09/candidate.php?candidate_id=2444|title=Buchepalli Siva Prasada Reddy (Indian National Congress (INC)): Constituency- Darsi (Prakasam) – Affidavit Information of Candidate|website=myneta.info|access-date=20 August 2019}} and won the election.{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}
He contested from YSR Congress Party in 2014 and lost the election to Sidda Raghava Rao.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Latest-News/2018-03-02/Buchepalli-Active-Again-In-YSR-Congress/362763|title=Buchepalli Active Again In YSR Congress|last=India|first=The Hans|date=2 March 2018|website=www.thehansindia.com|language=en|access-date=20 August 2019}}
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Constituency ! Political Party !Result |
|---|
| 2009
| Darsi |Won |
| 2014
| Darsi |Lost |
| 2024
| Darsi |Won |
Reddy did not contest 2019 elections and extended his support to the party candidates suggested by his chief Jagan in Darsi and Santhanuthalapadu constituency, and played a pivotal role in their winning.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Cong-MLA-set-to-join-YSR-Congress/articleshow/17849874.cms|title=Cong MLA set to join YSR Congress|date=2 January 2013|newspaper=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=20 August 2019}}
See also
References
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Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2009–2014
Category:YSR Congress Party politicians