Revanth Reddy swearing-in today: 10 things to know about new Telangana CM who will take charge today
Also Read | Telangana Assembly Election Results 2023: A Revanth Reddy to be CM? A look at his journey so far 3 - Later, he became a Telugu Desam Party (TDS) member. In 2009 and 2014, he served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly. In 2014 he was elected to the Telangana Assembly, representing the Kodangal Constituency.
4- Reddy won the Kodangal seat in the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections with 46.45 percent of the vote. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, he garnered 39.06 percent of the vote in the same seat. 5 - He shifted his allegiance from TDP to Congress in 2017, which became a significant move.
During the Telangana Assembly elections of 2019, he was defeated in the Kodangal constituency. In the 2019 general elections, he won the Malkajgiri seat with a margin of 10,919 votes, becoming an MP. Track Latest Updates | Telangana CM Oath Ceremony Live: Revanth Reddy to take oath as CM, Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka likely to be Deputy CM 6 - After taking over from his predecessor N Uttam Kumar Reddy in June 2021, Reddy's political savvy and stature earned him the position of president of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee.
Also Read | Election Results Highlights: Telangana CM-elect Congress leader Revanth Reddy to be sworn-in on 7 December 7 - Reddy is known to take on KCR and his family in public speeches and interviews. 8 - Reddy was projected as a big-stage Congress leader and addressed several high-ticket rallies in the run-up to the state elections. 9 - He was in jail for a month in 2015, and he was on a 12-hour bail to attend his only daughter Nymisha’s marriage.
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