Vangalapudi Anitha
{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1979)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Vangalapudi Anitha
| image = Vangalapudi Anitha, Minister of Home Affairs & Disaster Management.jpg
| caption =
| party = Telugu Desam Party
| office = Minister of Home Affairs and Disaster Management
Government of Andhra Pradesh
| term_start = 12 June 2024
| tern_end =
| governor = S. Abdul Nazeer
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = N. Chandrababu Naidu
| predecessor = Taneti Vanitha
| successor =
| office1 = Member of Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh
| term_start1 = 2024
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = Golla Baburao
| successor1 =
| constituency1 = Payakaraopet
| termstart2 = 2014
| termend2 = 2019
| predecessor2 = Golla Babu Rao
| successor2 = Golla Babu Rao
| constituency2 = Payakaraopet
| spouse = Kosara Siva Prasad
| children = Kosara Nikhil,
Kosara Reshmitha Sree
}}
Vangalapudi Anitha (born 24 March 1979) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh currently serving as the Minister of Home Affairs and Disaster Management in the Government of Andhra Pradesh.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-12 |title=Chandrababu Naidu's Cabinet: 17 fresh faces among 25 ministers, here's full list |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/andhra-pradesh/story/chandrababu-naidu-andhra-pradesh-cabinet-full-list-tdp-jana-sena-bjp-pawan-kalyan-2552162-2024-06-12 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=India Today |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Pranathi |first=Laxmi |date=2024-06-12 |title=Vangalapudi Anitha as youngest minister |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/andhra-pradesh/vangalapudi-anitha-as-youngest-minister-898654 |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=www.deccanchronicle.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Bandari |first=Pavan |date=2024-06-19 |title=Vangalapudi Anitha Assumes Office as AP Home Minister |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/vangalapudi-anitha-assumes-office-as-ap-home-minister-885769 |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=www.thehansindia.com |language=en}}
She became an MLA for the second time, winning the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election on Telugu Desam Party ticket from Payakaraopet SC reserved constituency in the erstwhile Visakhapatnam district and present Anakapalli district.{{Cite web |last=Telugu |first=TV9 |date=2019-10-18 |title=అనితా ఓ అనితా..! నీ సెగ్మెంట్ ఎక్కడ? |url=https://tv9telugu.com/politics/defeated-tdp-mla-anitha-in-search-of-assembly-constituency-149934.html |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=TV9 Telugu |language=te}} {{Cite web |last=India |first=The Hans |date=2024-01-30 |title=Vangalapudi Anitha meets former minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/vangalapudi-anitha-meets-former-minister-ganta-srinivasa-rao-855160 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=www.thehansindia.com |language=en}}{{Citation |title=TDP MLA Candidate Vangalapudi Anitha To Contest From Payakaraopeta {{!}} AP Elections 2024 {{!}} Big tv | date=24 February 2024 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz5lUW_2IJA |access-date=2024-03-23 }}
Early life and education
Anitha was born in Lingarajupalem, S. Rayavaram mandal, Visakhapatnam district. Her father's name is Vangalapudi Apparao. She completed her MA and M.Ed. from Andhra University in 2009. She left teaching to enter politics.{{Cite web |last=Bharat |first=E. T. V. |date=2024-06-14 |title=టీచర్ టూ - హోమ్ మినిస్టర్ - వంగలపూడి అనిత విజయ ప్రస్థానం - AP Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/te/!state/minister-vangalapudi-anitha-gets-ministry-of-home-affairs-in-ap-cabinet-tgs24061407530 |access-date=2024-06-19 |website=ETV Bharat News |language=te}} She married K Shiva Prasad. They have a daughter, Rashmita.
Career
Anitha won as an MLA for the first time in 2014. She won the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Payakaraopet Assembly constituency representing Telugu Desam Party. She defeated her nearest rival Chengala Venkatrao of YSRCP by 2,828 votes. In April 2018, she was nominated as a member of the Tirupati Thirumala Devasthanam board.{{Cite web |date=2022-02-13 |title=AP Government TTD Board Members Names Announced - Sakshi |url=https://m.sakshi.com/news/andhra-pradesh/ap-government-ttd-board-members-names-announced-1066719 |access-date=2024-03-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213140929/https://m.sakshi.com/news/andhra-pradesh/ap-government-ttd-board-members-names-announced-1066719 |archive-date=13 February 2022 }} But after a controversy{{Cite web |date=2018-04-22 |title=I'm a Hindu and not Christian, says TDP MLA Anitha after old video goes viral |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/andhra-pradesh/im-hindu-and-not-christian-says-tdp-mla-anitha-after-old-video-goes-viral-79999 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=The News Minute }} in social media, within a few days she requested the chief minister and withdrew the membership. Later, it was cancelled.{{Cite web |date=2018-04-27 |title=Andhra govt cancels TDP MLA's TTD Board appointment after row over her religion |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/andhra-pradesh/andhra-govt-cancels-tdp-mlas-ttd-board-appointment-after-row-over-her-religion-80280 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=The News Minute }} In the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, she lost the Kovvuru seat to Taneti Vanitha of YSRCP by a margin of 25,248 votes. On 30 January 2021, she became the president of Telugu Mahila, the women's wing of TDP.{{Cite news |last=Rao |first=G. V. R. Subba |date=2023-04-12 |title=TDP seeks inquiry into 'illegal arrest' of Telugu Mahila leader in Andhra Pradesh |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/tdp-seeks-inquiry-into-illegal-arrest-of-telugu-mahila-leader-in-andhra-pradesh/article66728933.ece |access-date=2024-03-23 |work=The Hindu |issn=0971-751X}}{{Cite web |last=India |first=The Hans |date=2024-01-30 |title=Vangalapudi Anitha meets former minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/andhra-pradesh/vangalapudi-anitha-meets-former-minister-ganta-srinivasa-rao-855160 |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=www.thehansindia.com }} She regained the Payakaraopet seat in the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.{{cite news |last1=The New Indian Express |first1= |title=Vangalapudi Anitha becomes youngest minister in Naidu's cabinet |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2024/Jun/13/vangalapudi-anitha-becomes-youngest-minister-in-naidus-cabinet |access-date=13 June 2024 |date=13 June 2024 |archive-date= |language=en}}
References
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Category:Women members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2014–2019
Category:21st-century Indian women politicians
Category:People from Visakhapatnam district
Category:Andhra University alumni