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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dr. Undavalli Sridevi
| image =
| caption =
| office = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislature|Member of Legislative Assembly]]
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy]]
| constituency = [[Tadikonda Assembly constituency|Tadikonda]]
| predecessor = [[Tenali Sravan Kumar]]
| term_start = 23 May 2019
| term_end = 26 February 2024
| party = [[Telugu Desam Party]]<br/>{{small|(since 2023)}}
| other_party = [[YSR Congress Party]]<br/>{{small|(2017-2023)}}
| occupation = Doctor, Politician
| successor = [[Tenali Sravan Kumar]]
}}

'''Undavalli Sridevi''' (born 1968) is an Indian politician and a doctor by profession from the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. She is the incumbent [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]] from [[Tadikonda Assembly constituency]] in Andhra Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Member's Information - Legislative Assembly - Liferay DXP |url=https://www.aplegislature.org/web/legislative-assembly/member-s-information?p_p_id=AssemblyMemberInformation_APPortlet_INSTANCE_K9JpxGLMtsWV&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&_AssemblyMemberInformation_APPortlet_INSTANCE_K9JpxGLMtsWV_javax.portlet.action=getMemberDetails&_AssemblyMemberInformation_APPortlet_INSTANCE_K9JpxGLMtsWV_const_id=86&_AssemblyMemberInformation_APPortlet_INSTANCE_K9JpxGLMtsWV_mem_id=3447&_AssemblyMemberInformation_APPortlet_INSTANCE_K9JpxGLMtsWV_term_id=15&p_auth=6eYj1TTV |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=www.aplegislature.org}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Undavalli Sridevi was born in [[Tadikonda]], [[Guntur district]]. She completed her MBBS from [[Bangalore]] in 1993. Her father Undavalli Subbarao contested as MLA from Tadikonda in 1978 from Reddy Congress.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-29 |title=జనం నాడి తెలిసింది |url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/politics/interview-tadikonda-ysrcp-mla-candidate-undavalli-sridevi-1175010 |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=Sakshi |language=te}}</ref>

== Career ==
In 2017, Sridevi joined the [[YSR Congress Party]] and contested the [[Tadikonda Assembly constituency]] in the [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]s, winning with a margin of 4,433 votes against the [[Telugu Desam Party]] candidate and sitting MLA, [[Tenali Sravan Kumar]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tadikonda Constituency Winner List in AP Elections 2019 {{!}} Tadikonda Constituency Election Results 2019 |url=https://www.sakshi.com/election-2019/en/results/andhra_pradesh/constituency/tadikonda |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=www.sakshi.com}}</ref>

In March 2023, she was suspended from the YSR Congress Party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-26 |title=Dalit MLA Vundavalli Sridevi suspended from YSRCP in Andhra alleges threat to life |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/dalit-mla-vundavalli-sridevi-suspended-ysrcp-andhra-alleges-threat-life-175073 |access-date=2023-03-27 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref> This was because of allegations of [[cross-voting]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Suspended YSRCP MLA Undavalli Sridevi Alleges Threat To Her Life From Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy |url=https://news.abplive.com/andhra-pradesh/suspended-ysrcp-mla-undavalli-sridevi-alleges-threat-to-her-life-from-party-leader-sajjala-ramakrishna-reddy-1591318 |access-date=2023-12-23 |website=ABP Live |language=en}}</ref> Following the suspension, Sridevi said that "she was vilified for being a [[Dalit]] legislator".<ref name="Newstap_2023">{{cite news |last1=Kanamaluru |first1=Durga Prasad |title=Suspended MLA Undavalli Sridevi to support Amaravati; vows to give return gift to YSRCP |url=https://www.newstap.in/andhra-pradesh/suspended-mla-undavalli-sridevi-to-support-amaravati-vows-to-give-return-gift-to-ysrcp-1468918 |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Newstap |date=26 March 2023}}</ref> There was media speculation that she might join either the [[Telugu Desam Party]] or the [[Jana Sena Party]].<ref name="telegu_2023">{{cite news |title=Will Undavalli Sridevi resign and seek re-election? |url=https://www.telugu360.com/will-undavalli-sridevi-resign-and-seek-re-election |access-date=20 May 2023 |work=Telegu360 |date=28 March 2023}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:YSR Congress Party politicians]]
[[Category:Politicians from Guntur district]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Women members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:1968 births]]

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Undavalli Sridevi - Revision history

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