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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name =Pocharam Srinivas Reddy<br />
| image = Pocharam Srinivas Reddy.jpg<br />
| caption = Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly <br />
| office2 = [[Minister for Agriculture]], [[Government of Telangana]] <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|02|10|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Banswada]]<br />
| residence = [[Banswada]]<br />
| marital status =<br />
| Official Status = M.L.A. from constituency<br />
| constituency2 =[[Banswada (Assembly constituency)|Banswada]] <br />
| alma_mater = <br />
| term_start2 = 2 June 2014<br />
| term_end2 = 6 September 2018 <br />
| predecessor2 = Position Established |successor2 =[[Singireddy Niranjan Reddy]] | party2 = [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]<br />
| office1 =[[List of speakers of the Telangana Legislative Assembly|2nd Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly]] <br />
|deputy1 = [[T. Padma Rao Goud]] | term_start1 = 17 January 2019 <br />
| predecessor1 = [[S. Madhusudhana Chary]], [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]] <br />
}}<br />
'''Pocharam Srinivas Reddy Parige''' is an Indian politician who is the current and [[List of speakers of the Telangana Legislative Assembly|2nd Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly]] from 17 January 2019 and Member of the [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]] from [[Banswada (Assembly constituency)|Banswada constituency]]. He was the Minister of Agriculture (2014-2019) in the government of Telangana <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/regions/karimnagar/i-voted-trs-says-pocharam-723 |title=I voted for TRS, says Pocharam {{!}} Deccan Chronicle<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=25 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010151430/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/cities/regions/karimnagar/i-voted-trs-says-pocharam-723 |archive-date=10 October 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Pocharam Srinivas Reddy joined the [[Telugu Desam Party]] (TDP) in 1984 from the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5077003 |title=TDP legislator quits over Telangana issue<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=25 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327073243/http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5077003 |archive-date=27 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He worked as a minister twice in TDP government. He was with TDP for 27 years before quitting.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/TDP-MLA-to-resign-Nizamabad-Telugu/articleshow/7606194.cms | title=TDP MLA to resign Nizamabad: Telugu | date=2 March 2011 | newspaper=Times Of India | accessdate=18 February 2019 }}</ref><br />
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In 1994, he contested the Banswada constituency as a TDP candidate and won with a majority of over 57,000 votes. He lost in 2004 against Bajireddy Govardhan, the INC candidate. <br />
In support of the [[Telangana Movement]], he joined TRS party in March 2011.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120405212207/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-21/hyderabad/29171064_1_separate-t-state-trs-kcr 'Nagam sent Pocharam to TRS' - Times Of India<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He also resigned from his MLA seat and TDP membership.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121020023133/http://www.sify.com/news/tdp-legislator-resigns-to-fight-for-telangana-news-national-ldznahgigci.html TDP legislator resigns to fight for Telangana<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He went on to contest that year's by-elections and won with a margin of over 49,000 votes against INC candidate, Sangam Srinivasgoud. He was made a Politburo member of the TRS on 24 March 2011.<br />
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In [[2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2014 Telangana Assembly Election]] he was re-elected from [[Banswada (Assembly constituency)|Banswada Assembly constituency]]. He was inducted into Cabinet on 2 June 2014 and made Agriculture Minister of Telangana.<br />
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In Telangana Legislative Assembly election, 2018, he was re-elected from Banswada Assembly constituency. Subsequently, he was elected as the speaker of the [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]].<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
He was married to Pushpa and has 4 children. Ravinder Reddy, Surendar Reddy, Aruna and Bhasker Reddy<br />
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[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Telangana]]<br />
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