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	\| office = [[Telangana Legislative Assembly\|Member of Legislative Assembly<br>Telangana]]		\| office = [[Telangana Legislative Assembly\|Member of Legislative Assembly<br />Telangana]]
	\| term_start = 2018		\| term_start = 2018
	\| constituency = [[Manthani (Assembly constituency)\|Manthani]], [[Peddapalli district]]		\| constituency = [[Manthani (Assembly constituency)\|Manthani]], [[Peddapalli district]]
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	===First term (1999–2004)===		===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>		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>{{Cite web \|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-AP99.pdf \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=16 October 2012 \|archive-date=29 September 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929010550/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-AP99.pdf \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

	===Second term (2004–2009)===		===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>		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>{{Cite web \|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2004/StatisticalReports_AP_2004.pdf \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=16 October 2012 \|archive-date=11 January 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111120540/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2004/StatisticalReports_AP_2004.pdf \|url-status=dead }}</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)===		===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}}		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>{{Cite web \|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/Statistical_Report_AP2009.pdf \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=16 October 2012 \|archive-date=4 August 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804205034/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/Statistical_Report_AP2009.pdf \|url-status=dead }}</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>		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)===		===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.		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>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/manthani-election-result-2018-live-updates-duddilla-sridhar-babu-of-inc-wins-1969027.html/ \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=14 August 2019 \|archive-date=13 December 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213130308/https://www.news18.com/news/politics/manthani-election-result-2018-live-updates-duddilla-sridhar-babu-of-inc-wins-1969027.html \|url-status=dead }}</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>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/kcr-dissolves-telangana-assembly-calls-for-early-polls-1869591.html/ \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=14 August 2019 \|archive-date=9 November 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109034946/https://www.news18.com/news/india/kcr-dissolves-telangana-assembly-calls-for-early-polls-1869591.html \|url-status=dead }}</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 ==		== Election statistics ==
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	\| 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~~)		\| 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> \|\| (2016–2021)
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	'''Duddilla Sridhar Babu'''<ref>{{cite web\|url=~~https~~://~~sridharbabu~~.~~in/about-sridhar-babu~~ \|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]] ~~and is one of its state unit's Vice Presidents~~.		'''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==		==Background==
	Duddilla Sridhar Babu<ref>{{Cite web\|url=~~https~~://~~sridharbabu~~.in/\|title=Sridhar Babu Official Website\|last=Duddilla\|first=Sridhar babu\|date=\|website=~~https://sridharbabu~~.in/}}</ref><ref>		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>		{{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>

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	==Career==		==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.~~<ref name="hindu" />~~		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)===		===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, ~~C. Rami Reddy of the [[Telugu Desam Party]],~~ by a margin of over 15,000 votes.<ref>http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-AP99.pdf</ref>		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)===		===Second term (2004–2009)===
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	===Fourth term (2018–Present)===		===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.		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 ==		== Election statistics ==
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| name = Duddilla Sridhar Babu
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| 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
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| residence = [[Hyderabad (India)|Hyderabad]]
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'''Duddilla Sridhar Babu'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sridharbabu.in/about-sridhar-babu |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]] and is one of its state unit's Vice Presidents.

==Background==
Duddilla Sridhar Babu<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sridharbabu.in/|title=Sridhar Babu Official Website|last=Duddilla|first=Sridhar babu|date=|website=https://sridharbabu.in/}}</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.<ref name="hindu" />

===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, C. Rami Reddy of the [[Telugu Desam Party]], 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 Telagana,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==
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