Kotha Prabhakar Reddy

{{short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}

{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}

{{BLP one source|date=September 2014}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Kotha Prabhakar Reddy

| image =FDC Chairman Anil Kurmachalam With Minister T. Harish Rao (cropped).jpg

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|6|6|df=y}}

| birth_place = Potharam,
Dubbak

| residence = Hyderabad, Telangana

| death_date =

| death_place =

| office = Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly

| term_start = 3 December 2023

| term_end =

| predecessor1 = K. Chandrasekhar Rao

| successor1 = Raghunandan Rao

| constituency = Dubbak Assembly constituency

| office1 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

| constituency1 = Medak (Lok Sabha constituency)

| term_start1 = 25 November 2014

| term_end1 = 13 December 2023

| term =

| occupation = Politician, businessperson

| party = Bharat Rashtra Samithi

| religion =

| spouse = Smt. Manjulatha

| parents =

| children = 2

| alma_mater =

| website =

| footnotes =

| date = 17 December

| year = 2016

| source = http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4926

| preceded = Raghunandan Rao

}}

Kotha Prabhakar Reddy is an Indian politician who won a by-election held in 2014 for the Medak (Lok Sabha constituency) being Bharat Rashtra Samithi candidate.{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |date=16 September 2014 |title=TRS wins Medak Lok Sabha seat |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/medak-lok-sabha-constituency-result/article6414911.ece |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522144934/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/medak-lok-sabha-constituency-result/article6414911.ece |archivedate=22 May 2024 |accessdate=22 May 2024 |language=en-IN}} He won by a margin of 3,61,277 votes in the by-poll, which was a shock for the opposition who had expected the ruling TRS party to lose their seat after party head K. Chandrashekhar Rao had resigned from the seat after taking oath as the chief minister of the newly formed state Telangana.{{cite web | url=https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/article/medak-telangana-election-2019-medak-election-results-candidates-voter-population-polling-percentage/404417 | title=Medak Election Results 2019: TRS MP Kotha Prabhakar Reddy likely to win | publisher=Times Now | date=23 May 2019 | accessdate=31 December 2020}}{{cite web | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2019/apr/09/from-sending-indira-to-ls-to-becoming-trs-bastion-1961940.html | title=From sending Indira to Lok Sabha to becoming TRS bastion | publisher=The New Indian Express | date=9 April 2019 | accessdate=31 December 2020}}

Kotha Prabhakar Reddy was born to a Farmer and had a humble beginning.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}}

On October 30, 2023, an unidentified person attacked Reddy with a knife in the stomach while posing as if to shake hands with him during a campaign in Siddipet district. He was promptly apprehended by fellow followers and is currently in police custody, undergoing interrogation.{{Cite web |last=Chandrashekar |first=K. |date=2023-10-30 |title=BRS Dubbaka candidate Kotha Prabhakar Reddy attacked |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/telangana/brs-dubbaka-candidate-kotha-prabhakar-reddy-attacked-833495 |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=www.thehansindia.com |language=english}}