Undavalli Sridevi
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dr. Undavalli Sridevi
| image =
| caption =
| office = Member of Legislative Assembly
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
| constituency = Tadikonda
| predecessor = Tenali Sravan Kumar
| termstart = 23 May 2019
| termend = 26 February 2024
| party = Telugu Desam Party
{{small|(since 2023)}}
| otherparty = YSR Congress Party
{{small|(2017-2023)}}
| occupation = Doctor, Politician
| successor = Tenali Sravan Kumar
}}
Undavalli Sridevi (born 1968) is an Indian politician and a doctor by profession from the state of Andhra Pradesh. She is the incumbent Member of Legislative Assembly from Tadikonda Assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh.{{Cite web |title=Member's Information - Legislative Assembly - Liferay DXP |url=https://www.aplegislature.org/web/legislative-assembly/member-s-information?p_p_id=AssemblyMemberInformation_APPortlet_INSTANCE_K9JpxGLMtsWV&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&_AssemblyMemberInformation_APPortlet_INSTANCE_K9JpxGLMtsWV_javax.portlet.action=getMemberDetails&_AssemblyMemberInformation_APPortlet_INSTANCE_K9JpxGLMtsWV_const_id=86&_AssemblyMemberInformation_APPortlet_INSTANCE_K9JpxGLMtsWV_mem_id=3447&_AssemblyMemberInformation_APPortlet_INSTANCE_K9JpxGLMtsWV_term_id=15&p_auth=6eYj1TTV |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=www.aplegislature.org}}
Early life and education
Undavalli Sridevi was born in Tadikonda, Guntur district. She completed her MBBS from Bangalore in 1993. Her father Undavalli Subbarao contested as MLA from Tadikonda in 1978 from Reddy Congress.{{Cite web |date=2019-03-29 |title=జనం నాడి తెలిసింది |url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/politics/interview-tadikonda-ysrcp-mla-candidate-undavalli-sridevi-1175010 |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=Sakshi |language=te}}
Career
In 2017, Sridevi joined the YSR Congress Party and contested the Tadikonda Assembly constituency in the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections, winning with a margin of 4,433 votes against the Telugu Desam Party candidate and sitting MLA, Tenali Sravan Kumar.{{Cite web |title=Tadikonda Constituency Winner List in AP Elections 2019 {{!}} Tadikonda Constituency Election Results 2019 |url=https://www.sakshi.com/election-2019/en/results/andhra_pradesh/constituency/tadikonda |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=www.sakshi.com}}
In March 2023, she was suspended from the YSR Congress Party.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-26 |title=Dalit MLA Vundavalli Sridevi suspended from YSRCP in Andhra alleges threat to life |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/dalit-mla-vundavalli-sridevi-suspended-ysrcp-andhra-alleges-threat-life-175073 |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=The News Minute |language=en}} This was because of allegations of cross-voting.{{Cite web |title=Suspended YSRCP MLA Undavalli Sridevi Alleges Threat To Her Life From Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy |url=https://news.abplive.com/andhra-pradesh/suspended-ysrcp-mla-undavalli-sridevi-alleges-threat-to-her-life-from-party-leader-sajjala-ramakrishna-reddy-1591318 |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=ABP Live |language=en}} Following the suspension, Sridevi said that "she was vilified for being a Dalit legislator".{{cite news |last1=Kanamaluru |first1=Durga Prasad |title=Suspended MLA Undavalli Sridevi to support Amaravati; vows to give return gift to YSRCP |url=https://www.newstap.in/andhra-pradesh/suspended-mla-undavalli-sridevi-to-support-amaravati-vows-to-give-return-gift-to-ysrcp-1468918 |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Newstap |date=26 March 2023}} There was media speculation that she might join either the Telugu Desam Party or the Jana Sena Party.{{cite news |title=Will Undavalli Sridevi resign and seek re-election? |url=https://www.telugu360.com/will-undavalli-sridevi-resign-and-seek-re-election |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Telegu360 |date=28 March 2023}}
References
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Category:YSR Congress Party politicians
Category:Politicians from Guntur district
Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Women members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Category:21st-century Indian women politicians
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