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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Balakrishna_reddy.jpg
| imagesize = 240px
| name = P. Balakrishna Reddy
| caption =
| office1 = [[Minister (government)|Minister]] for [[Animal Husbandry]]
[[Government of Tamil Nadu]]
| term_start1 = 16 may 2016
| term_end1 = 16 February 2017
| office2 = Minister for [[Youth Welfare]] and [[Sports Development]]
[[Government]] of [[Tamilnadu]]
| term_start2 = 16 February 2017
| term_end2 = 26 March 2019
| office3 =
| term_start3 =
| term_end3 =
| birth_date =
| birth_place = '''Jeemangalam'''
| party = [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| spouse = Jyothi Reddy
| relations =
| children = 2 Chirag Reddy and Laasyaa Reddy
| residence =
| occupation =
| website =
| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] [[Hosur]] (state assembly constituency)
| termstart = 16 may 2016
| termend = 26 March 2019 (Disqualified due to violence case)
}}

'''P. Balakrishna Reddy''' is a politician and former Minister of [[Tamil Nadu]].
He was elected as a [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|MLA]] from [[Hosur (state assembly constituency)|Hosur]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |title=2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2016/09-Constitutional%20Data%20Summarytamil.pdf |accessdate=27 May 2016|page=55}}</ref><ref name="jan8">{{cite news |title=T.N. Minister Balakrishna Reddy gets jail term for rioting |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tn-minister-balakrishna-reddy-gets-jail-term-for-rioting/article25934728.ece |accessdate=7 January 2019 |agency=The Hindu}}</ref> He started his political career from [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He had also served as the chairman of the Hosur municipality. He became Animal Husbandry Minister and later Youth Welfare and Sports Development Minister in Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{cite news |title=List of new Cabinet Ministers in Tamil Nadu |url=http://netindian.in/news/2017/02/16/00040850/list-new-cabinet-ministers-tamil-nadu |accessdate=7 January 2019 |agency=netIndian.in}}</ref>

On 7 January 2019, he was convicted under sections 147 (rioting) and 341 (wrongfully restraining any person) of [[Indian Penal code]] and section 3 of [[Tamil Nadu Property Prevention of Damage and Loss Act 1992]] and sentenced to three years imprisonment in a case of rioting in 1998 in Bagalur village in [[Krishnagiri district|krishnagiri]] by the special court.<ref name="jan8"/>

The court later suspended the sentence imposed on Balakrishna Reddy allowing him to appeal before the Madras High Court.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tn-minister-balakrishna-reddy-gets-jail-term-for-rioting/article25934728.ece|title=T.N. Minister Balakrishna Reddy gets jail term for rioting|last=R.sivaraman|date=2019-01-07|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-03-26|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> However, on further appealing of the sentence in supreme court, he was granted a suspension on conviction.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tamil.indianexpress.com/tamilnadu/supreme-court-stopped-former-minister-balakrishna-reddys-imprisonment/|title=பாலகிருஷ்ணா ரெட்டியின் தண்டனை நிறுத்தி வைப்பு|date=2019-03-25|website=Indian Express Tamil|language=ta-IN|access-date=2019-03-26}}</ref>

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:People from Krishnagiri district]]
[[Category:1969 births]]

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P. Balakrishna Reddy - Revision history

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