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Sridhar Babu

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Duddilla Sridhar Babu
| image =
| office = [[Telangana Legislative Assembly|Member of Legislative Assembly<br>Telangana]]
| term_start = 2018
| constituency = [[Manthani (Assembly constituency)|Manthani]], [[Peddapalli district]]
| Vice President = [[Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee]]
| birth_place = [[Manthani]]
| spouse = Shailaja Ramaiyer
| children = 2
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| residence = [[Hyderabad (India)|Hyderabad]]
}}
'''Duddilla Sridhar Babu'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dsridharbabu.com|title=About Sridhar Babu |publisher=SridharBabu Official Website}}</ref> is an Indian politician from [[Indian National Congress]] and is a member of the [[Telangana Assembly]].He was a member of the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]], representing the [[Indian National Congress]]. He was the Minister for Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs, Legal Metrology and Legislative Affairs in the [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]] prior to that state being divided.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aponline.gov.in/apportal/contact/listofcontacts.asp?id=01 |title=Council of Ministers |publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh |date=October 2013 |accessdate=2013-10-03 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008000758/http://www.aponline.gov.in/apportal/contact/listofcontacts.asp?id=01 |archivedate=8 October 2013}}</ref> He is now the MLA from [[Manthani (Assembly constituency)|Manthani Constituency]], which he won in the 2018 Assembly Elections in Telangana. This is his fourth term as MLA. Sridhar Babu is one of the senior most leaders in the [[Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee|Telangana Congress Party]].

==Background==
Duddilla Sridhar Babu<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dsridharbabu.com/|title=Sridhar Babu Official Website|last=Duddilla|first=Sridhar babu|date=|website=dsridharbabu.com/}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web |url=https://secure.aponline.gov.in/APPORTAL/List-of-MLAs.html |title=List of MLAs |publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh |access-date=2014-06-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222016/https://secure.aponline.gov.in/APPORTAL/List-of-MLAs.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> is the fourth of six children of former Speaker of the [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Andhra Pradesh Assembly]], the Indian National Congress politician Sri [[D. Sripada Rao]]. He graduated from the [[University of Delhi]] and was a practising lawyer at [[Andhra Pradesh High Court]] before entering politics in 1999 following the assassination of his father by [[Naxalite]]s. At that time he decided that it was incumbent on him to continue the work of his father in the [[Manthani]] constituency and more specifically in the [[Karimnagar district]] in which it is situated.<ref name="postnoon">{{cite news |url=http://postnoon.com/2012/09/21/robed-minister-of-kirans-team/74605 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131174152/http://postnoon.com/2012/09/21/robed-minister-of-kirans-team/74605 |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 January 2013 |title=Robed minister of Kiran's team |publisher=Postnoon |first= Inkeshaf |last=Ahmed |date=21 September 2012 |access-date=2013-10-03 }}</ref><ref name="hindu">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/26/stories/2009052660220800.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529204041/http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/26/stories/2009052660220800.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 May 2009 |title=Andhra Pradesh News : Manthani fields a Minister after PV |date=26 May 2009 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2013-10-03}}</ref>

A keen cricketer as a student — he represented [[Nizam College]] and the [[University of Hyderabad]] — Sridhar Babu is married to Ms Shailaja Ramaiyer, an officer in the [[Indian Administrative Service]] of the Telangana Cadre, while being a MLA. The couple have two children.

==Career==
Sridhar Babu is known for carrying out developmental works in the Backward region of Manthani ever since he became a Member of the Legislative Assembly and is believed to be always close to the people of the region.

===First term (1999–2004)===
Sridhar Babu won on the Congress ticket from Manthani in the 1999 elections, though his Congress party was relegated to sitting in the opposition. He defeated his nearest rival, by a margin of over 15,000 votes.<ref>http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-AP99.pdf</ref>

===Second term (2004–2009)===
By the time [[Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy]] undertook his padayatra in 2003, Sridhar Babu was the Karimnagar district party president.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2003/01/28/stories/2003012805010300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314102147/http://www.hindu.com/2003/01/28/stories/2003012805010300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 March 2014 |title=Cong. wants Nellore renamed |date=28 January 2003 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2014-03-14}}</ref> In the 2004 elections, in which the Congress Party gained power, he defeated the TDP candidate, Somarapu Satyanarayana, by a margin of 42,560 votes.<ref>http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2004/StatisticalReports_AP_2004.pdf</ref> He became a Government Whip in the 12th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aplegislature.org/whips |title=Whips |publisher=AP Legislature |date= |accessdate=2014-03-14}}</ref>

===Third term (2009–2014)===
He was re-elected in the 2009 Assembly Elections defeating Putta Madhu of the erstwhile [[Praja Rajyam Party]] by a margin of over 13,000 votes.<ref>http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/Statistical_Report_AP2009.pdf</ref> He was the only Congress MLA to be re-elected in 2009 from Karimnagar district, amidst a strong showing from an alliance of the [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] and Telugu Desam Party.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}

Babu was appointed a member of Y. S. Reddy's cabinet in May 2009<ref name="hindu" /> as minister for Higher Education and [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|NRI]] affairs. After serving the ministry for 1.5 years he moved to the Civil Supplies and Legislative affairs ministry in Kiran Kumar Reddy's cabinet.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} He resigned from the cabinet on 2 January 2014 after Reddy divested him of his Legislative Affairs portfolio when the [[Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014|Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill]], which concerns the creation of a separate Telangana state, was being discussed in the Assembly.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/south/andhra-pradesh-minister-sridhar-babu-resigns-over-portfolio-rejig-466330 |title=Andhra Pradesh Minister Sridhar Babu resigns over portfolio rejig |publisher=NDTV.com |date=2 January 2014 |accessdate=2014-03-18}}</ref>

===Fourth term (2018–Present)===
Sridhar Babu won a hard-fought election in 2018,<ref name="eci.gov.in">{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/9691-telangana-general-legislative-election-2018-statistical-report/|title = Telangana General Legislative Election 2018 - Statistical Report}}</ref> and won with a majority of 16,230 votes against his TRS rival.<ref>https://www.news18.com/news/politics/manthani-election-result-2018-live-updates-duddilla-sridhar-babu-of-inc-wins-1969027.html/</ref> The Telangana CM KCR had called for an early election in September 2018 by dissolving the assembly a good 8 months before its tenure throwing the opposition parties into a tizzy.<ref>https://www.news18.com/news/india/kcr-dissolves-telangana-assembly-calls-for-early-polls-1869591.html/</ref> The Congress party had high hopes of dethroning the ruling TRS and allied itself with the TDP, TJS and CPI to forge a grand alliance. However, the TRS rode back to power and Sridhar Babu was one of the only 19 MLAs who won on the Congress party ticket.

== Election statistics ==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
! Year
! Contested For
!Party
! Constituency
! Opponent
! Votes
! Majority
! Result
|-
|1
|1999
| rowspan="11" |MLA
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| rowspan="7" |[[Manthani (Assembly constituency)|Manthani]]
|Chandrupatla Ram Reddy (TDP)
|65884 - 50613
| 15271
| {{WON}} <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4052-andhra-pradesh-1999/|title = Andhra Pradesh 1999}}</ref>
|-
|2
|2004
|bgcolor="#00FFFF" | [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|Somarapu Satyanarayana ([[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]])
|79318-36758
| 42560
| {{won}} <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4053-andhra-pradesh-2004/|title = Andhra Pradesh 2004}}</ref>
|-
|3
|2009
|bgcolor="#00FFFF" | [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|Putta madhu ([[Praja Rajyam Party|PRAP]])
|63770-50561
| 13209
| {{won}} <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4054-andhra-pradesh-2009/|title = Andhra Pradesh 2009}}</ref>
|-
|4
|2014
|bgcolor="#00FFFF" | [[Indian National Congress|INC]]

|[[Putta madhu]] ([[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]])
|64677 - 84037
| -19360
| {{lost}} <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4055-andhra-pradesh-2014/|title = Andhra Pradesh 2014}}</ref>
|-
|5
|2018
|bgcolor="#00FFFF" | [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|[[Putta madhu]] ([[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]])
|89045 - 72815
| 16230
| {{won}} <ref name="eci.gov.in"/>
|-

|}

==Offices held==
{{BLP unsourced section|date=March 2014}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! '''Office''' !! '''Organization''' !! '''Tenure'''
|-
| Secretary, Coordination Committee||Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee || (2014–2015)
|-
| Chairman, Manifesto Committee <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/congress-releases-poll-manifesto-for-telangana-680770.html|title = Congress releases poll manifesto for Telangana|date = 12 April 2014}}</ref> ||Telangana Pradesh Election Committee || (2014–2014)
|-
| Minister for Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs, Legal Meteorology ||Government of Andhra Pradesh || (2010-2014)
|-
|Minister for Legislative Affairs ||Government of Andhra Pradesh || (2010 - 2014)
|-
| In Charge District Minister and Chairman DRC(District Review Committee)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/water-board-ghmc-chiefs-caught-off-guard/article2848407.ece|title = Water Board, GHMC chiefs caught off guard|newspaper = The Hindu|date = February 2012}}</ref> ||Ranga Reddy District, Andhra Pradesh || (2009-2014)
|-
| Minister for Higher Education and NRI Affairs ||Government of Andhra Pradesh || (2009-2010)
|-
| President || District Congress Committee, Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh || (2004-2012)
|-
| Board Member ||Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh || (2004-2006)
|-
| Government Whip ||12th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly || (2004-2009)
|-
| Chairman || Cricket Association of Telangana, CAT || (2014–2016)
|-
| Vice president || Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Telangana/2016-04-17/Sonia-approves-TPCC-body/222081|title=Sonia approves TPCC body|date=17 April 2016}}</ref> || (2016–present)
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:University of Delhi alumni]]
[[Category:Praja Rajyam Party politicians]]
[[Category:Telugu politicians]]
[[Category:Members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]

Manthani (Assembly constituency)

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{{short description|India legislative constituency}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox Vidhan Sabha constituency
| name = Manthani
| map =
| parl_name = [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]]
| state = [[Telangana]]
| union_territory =
| district = [[Peddapalli district|Peddapalli]]
| electorate = 2,03,387
| year = 1952
| reserved =
| mla = Duddilla Sridhar Babu
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
}}

'''Manthani''' is an assembly constituency of [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]], [[India]]. It is one of the 3 constituencies in [[Peddapalli district|Peddapalli District]].

[[File:Manthani Constituency.jpg|thumb|Manthani Constituency]]

Kamanpur, Kataram, Manthani, Mahadevpur, Mutharam (Mahadevapur), Malharrao, Mutharam (Manthani), Ramagiri and Palimela are the Mandals of Karimnagar District which falls under Manthani Assembly Constituency.

Manthani Legislative Assembly is one of the segments for [[Peddapalli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Peddapalli Lok Sabha Constituency]].

[[File:Kaleswaram.jpg|thumb|Kaleshwara Mukteswara Swamy Temple, Kaleswaram, Mahadevpur Mandal]]

==Mandals==
The Assembly Constituency presently comprises the following Mandals:
{{srn}}
{|class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
!Mandal
|-
| [[Manthani]]
|-
| [[Kamanpur]]
|-
| [[Kataram]]
|-
| [[Mahadevpur]]
|-
| [[Malharrao]]
|-
| [[Mutharam (Manthani)]]
|-
| [[Mutharam (Mahadevpur)]]
|-
| [[Ramagiri, Telangana|Ramagiri]]
|-
| [[Palimela]]
|}

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Election Held Year !! Winner !! Winner Portrait !! Runner up !! Margin
|-
|-
| 2018 || [[Dudilla Sridhar Babu]] (INC) || || Putta Madhu (TRS) || 16230
|-
| 2014 || Putta Madhu (TRS) || || [[Dudilla Sridhar Babu]] (INC)|| 19360
|-
| 2009 || [[Dudilla Sridhar Babu]] (INC) || || Putta Madhu (PRAP) || 13209
|-
| 2004 || [[Dudilla Sridhar Babu]] (INC) || || Somarapu Satyanarayana (TDP) || 42560
|-
| 1999 || [[Dudilla Sridhar Babu]] (INC)|| || || 15271
|-
| 1994 || || || Dudilla Sripada Rao (INC) || 21155
|-
| 1989 || [[D. Sripada Rao]] (INC) || || Bellamkonda Sakku Bai (TDP) || 6778
|-
| 1985 || [[D. Sripada Rao]] (INC) || || Bellamkonda Narsinga Rao (TDP) || 7402
|-
| 1983 || [[D. Sripada Rao]] (INC) || || Chandupatla Raji Reddy (IND) || 1363
|-
| 1978 || Chandrupatla Narayana Reddy (Indira Congress) || || Voora Srinivasa Rao (INC) || 8592
|-
| 1972 || [[P. V. Narasimha Rao|P.V.Narasimha Rao (INC)]] ||[[File:P V Narasimha Rao.png|100px|center|P V Narasimha Rao]]|| E V Padmanabham (STS) || 32381
|-
| 1967 || [[P. V. Narasimha Rao|P.V.Narasimha Rao (INC)]] ||[[File:P V Narasimha Rao.png|100px|center|P V Narasimha Rao]]|| Kamala Manohar Rao (IND) || 9370
|-
| 1962 || [[P. V. Narasimha Rao|P.V.Narasimha Rao (INC)]] ||[[File:P V Narasimha Rao.png|100px|center|P V Narasimha Rao]]|| Gulukota Sriramulu (IND) || 13104
|-
| 1957 || [[P. V. Narasimha Rao|P.V.Narasimha Rao (INC)]] ||[[File:P V Narasimha Rao.png|100px|center|P V Narasimha Rao]]|| Bukka Nambaiah (PDF) || 9667
|-
| 1952 || Gulukota Sriramulu (Socialist Party) || || Raghunath Kache (INC) || 12565
|}

==Election results==
===Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|Telangana Assembly Elections, 2018]]: Manthani (Assembly constituency)}}<ref>[http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=997&cid=24 Manthani Results]</ref>
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = [[Sridhar Babu]]
| votes = 89,045
| percentage = %
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Telangana Rashtra Samithi
| candidate = Putta Madhu
| votes = 72,815
| percentage = %
| change =

}}{{Election box majority
| votes = 16,230
| percentage =
| change =
}}

{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Telangana Rashtra Samithi
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2009 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections, 2009]]: Manthani (Assembly constituency)}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/details/27/30435/205|title = IndiaVotes | India's largest election database}}</ref>
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = [[Sridhar Babu]]
| votes = 63,770
| percentage = 42.27%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Praja Rajyam Party
| candidate = Putta Madhu
| votes = 50,561
| percentage = 33.51%
| change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Telangana Rashtra Samithi
| candidate = Routhu Kankaiah
| votes = 22,338
| percentage = 14.81%
| change =
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 13,209
| percentage =
| change =
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
| winner = Indian National Congress
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[List of constituencies of Telangana Legislative Assembly]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
*[http://manamanthani.com/ manamanthani, a private Website]

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{{Assembly constituencies of Telangana}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Telangana]]
[[Category:Karimnagar district]]

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