D. Srinivas (politician)

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D srinivas
MP of Rajya Sabha from Telangana
Assumed office
22 June 2016
Preceded byV. Hanumantha Rao, INC
ConstituencyNizamabad
Personal details
Born (1948-09-27) 27 September 1948 (age 75)
Velpur Nizamabad district Telangana
Political partyIndian National Congress
Other political
affiliations
Telangana Rashtra Samithi
ChildrenSanjay, Arvind
ResidenceNizamabad, Hyderabad MLA colony

Dharmapuri Srinivas (born 27 September 1948) is an Indian politician, the former President of Andhra Pradesh Congress Party PCC[1] and ex-MLA of the State Assembly. He was elected MLA three times in the years 1989,1999, and 2004. He served as Minister for Higher Education and Intermediate Education in Rajashekhar Reddy's government in 2009. Srinivas also worked with different portfolios in the State Cabinet of Andhra Pradesh. He played a key role to bring back the Congress Party into the government in 2004 and 2009. He is a nephew of former finance minister Argul Rajaram of A.P. State. Srinivas lost the elections in 2009, 2010 (By election) and 2012 to BJP and 2014 to TRS PARTY, respectively.

On 2 July 2015, he resigned from the Inc

Party.[2]

Early life[edit]

D. Srinivas was born in Nizamabad. He graduated from Nizam College, Hyderabad, Telangana.

Personal life[edit]

D. Srinivas is married and he has two sons. His elder son Sanjay is ex-Mayor of Nizamabad. His younger son Arvind Dharmapuri is a businessman Member of Parliament from Nizamabad from Bharatiya Janata Party.[3]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Das, Ashok (3 December 2010). "Andhra Cong faces fresh crisis". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
  2. "D. Srinivas Resigns". TNP LIVE. Hyderabad, India. 2 July 2015.
  3. "My father has nothing to do with my joining BJP: D Aravind". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 29 June 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 February 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)


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