Kidari Sravan Kumar
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date= May 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kidari Sravan Kumar
| office = Minister of Tribal Welfare & Empowerment, Primary Health & Family Welfare, APVVP, Ayush & Drug Control
{{small|Government of Andhra Pradesh}}
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = N. Chandrababu Naidu
| term_start = 11 November 2018
| term_end = 9 May 2019
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
| parents = Kidari Sarveswara Rao {{small|(father)}}
| children =
| occupation = Politician
| party = Telugu Desam Party
}}
Kidari Sravan Kumar is an Indian politician. He was inducted as State Tribal Welfare, Primary Health, Family Welfare, Vaidya Vidhana Parishad, Drug Control and Ayush Minister without participation in Public Election by TDP Government after his father Kidari Sarveswara Rao was killed at Araku valley by Maoists.
Political career
Kidari Sravan is the son of late TDP MLA of Araku, Kidari Sarveswara Rao.{{cite news |title=TDP MLA Kidari Sarveswara Rao, ex-MLA Siveri Soma shot dead by naxels In Araku |url=https://headlinestoday.org/national/3112/tdp-mla-kidari-sarveswara-rao-ex-mla-siveri-soma-shot-dead-by-maoists-in-araku/ |accessdate=23 September 2018 |agency=Headlines Today}} Sravan got his cabinet seat as a token of TDP’s gratitude towards the Kidari family. He was inducted as Health and Tribal Welfare Minister in the AP cabinet on 2018 November 11 without becoming either an MLC or an MLA. He was required to be a member of the assembly or legislative council on or before 10 May 2019, but he failed to become a lawmaker within the mandatory six-month period from the day of induction into the cabinet. Sravan Kumar resigned on 9 May 2019.{{cite news |title=Governor accepts Minister Kidari Sravan Kumar’s resignation |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2019/may/10/governor-accepts-minister-kidari-sravan-kumars-resignation-1974974.html |access-date=3 June 2022 |date=10 May 2019 }}{{cite news |last1=The News Minute |title=Andhra minister Kidari Sravan quits, a day before 6-month deadline to get elected ends |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/andhra-minister-kidari-sravan-quits-day-6-month-deadline-get-elected-ends-101525 |accessdate=3 June 2022 |date=10 May 2019 |language=en}} He unsuccessfully contested from Araku Valley in 2019 Assembly elections.
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Category:Telugu Desam Party politicians
Category:People from Visakhapatnam district