C. M. Ramesh

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = C. M. Ramesh

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| birth_place = Potladurthi Village, Kadapa Dist

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| office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

| term_start = 04 June 2024

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| predecessor =Beesetti Venkata Satyavathi

| constituency =Anakapalle

| office1 = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

| term_start1 = 3 April 2018

| term_end1 = 3 April 2024

| predecessor1 = Tulla Devender Goud

| successor1 = Golla Baburao

| constituency1 = Andhra Pradesh

| term_start2 = 3 April 2012

| term_end2 = 2 April 2018

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| successor2 = Joginapally Santosh Kumar

| constituency2 = Telangana

| party = Bharatiya Janata Party

| otherparty = Telugu Desam Party (until 2019)

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| spouse = Sridevi Ramesh

| children = 2

| website =[https://t.me/CMRamesh_MP]

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| residence = Kadapa, Andhra pradesh, India

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Chintakunta Munuswamy Ramesh is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party and businessman.{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/hyderabad-i-t-conducts-searches-on-ap-cm-naidus-close-confidant-cm-ramesh/articleshow/66174170.cms | title=Hyderabad: I-T conducts searches on Telugu Desam Party MP CM Ramesh | first=U Sudhakar | last=Reddy | date=12 October 2018 | newspaper=The Times of India | access-date=8 June 2019 }}

He was a Public accounts committee member from BJP and also Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Andhra Pradesh. He won his second consecutive Rajya Sabha term in 2018.{{cite web|url=http://myneta.info/rajsab09aff/candidate.php?candidate_id=370 |title=C.M. Ramesh(TDP):(TELANGANA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate |publisher=Myneta.info|access-date=28 October 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/draw-of-lots-decides-rajya-sabha-members-for-telangana-andhra/article6066870.ece|title=Draw of lots decides Rajya Sabha members for Telangana, Andhra|work=The Hindu|date=30 May 2014|access-date=13 July 2014}} C. M. Ramesh belongs to the Velama community of Kadapa.{{Cite web |date=13 March 2018 |title=Telugu Desam, YSRC ignore weaker sections in selecting Rajya Sabha candidates |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/130318/telugu-desam-ysrc-ignore-weaker-sections-in-selecting-rajya-sabha-can.html |access-date=21 May 2023 |website=Deccan Chronicle}}

C. M. Ramesh contested and won the 2024 Elections from Anakapalli Lok Sabha Constituency and won with a margin of 2,96,530 votes.{{cite news |last1=India Today |date=13 July 2024 |title=Businessmen {{!}} In august company |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-businessmen-in-august-company-2565840-2024-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807175452/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-businessmen-in-august-company-2565840-2024-07-13 |archive-date=7 August 2024 |access-date=7 August 2024 |language=en}}

C. M. Ramesh is the Founder Chairman of Rithwik Projects Pvt. Ltd., which was set up in 1999 and it has grown to a turnover of more than 1000 Crores within a span of 14 years. The company is one of the leading Infrastructure Developers in India and has interests in energy, roads, irrigation projects and property development.