Alimineti Madhava Reddy: Difference between revisions

Reddy joined [[Telugu Desam Party]] in 1984.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=14 December 2017|title=Uma Madhav Reddy, son to join TRS today|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/uma-madhav-reddy-son-to-join-trs-today/article21616306.ece|url-status=live|access-date=18 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109041519/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/uma-madhav-reddy-son-to-join-trs-today/article21616306.ece|archive-date=9 November 2020|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> was elected to the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] from [[Bhongir (Assembly constituency)|Bhongir constituency]] representing TDP. He won the [[1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]], [[1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1989]], [[1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1994]] and [[1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1999]] elections.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Menon|first=Amarnath K.|date=20 March 2000|title=Andhra Pradesh minister killing by militant outfit PWG lays bare government's claim|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/20000320-andhra-pradesh-minister-killing-by-militant-outfit-pwg-lays-bare-governments-claim-777248-2000-03-20|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010141145/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/20000320-andhra-pradesh-minister-killing-by-militant-outfit-pwg-lays-bare-governments-claim-777248-2000-03-20|archive-date=10 October 2021|access-date=17 January 2022|website=[[India Today]]|language=en}}</ref>

Reddy held several portfolios in the state cabinet, first under [[N. T. Rama Rao]] and then under [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]. He served as the Minister for Health & Medical Education for 9 months (from December 1994 to August 1995) in N.T. Rama Rao's cabinet.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} He served as the home minister for 4 years, from 1995 to 1999. He was the first to serve as a home minister from erstwhile Nalgonda district.<ref>{{Cite news|date=3 June 2014|title=Plum posts for Nalgonda leaders|language=en-IN|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/plum-posts-for-nalgonda-leaders/article6079377.ece|url-status=live|access-date=20 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711065851/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/plum-posts-for-nalgonda-leaders/article6079377.ece|archive-date=11 July 2014|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> and as a minister for Panchayat Raj & Rural Development (from 11 October 1999 until his death).{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

During his home ministership, Reddy was outspoken against the [[Naxalite–Maoist insurgency]]. He made the ban on [[Peoples War Group]] (PWG) to be reimposed, which was lifted by Rama Rao when he was [[List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh|the chief minister]]. The killings of the naxallites increased. Reddy aggressively campaigned to help those who wish to surrender. He visited places where major attacks were taken place disregarding the warnings about threats, in order to show the support for the police in duty. This ended Reddy to be on top of the PWG's hit list.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=S.|first=Nagesh Kumar|date=24 October 2003|title=A blast and its shock|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/article30219569.ece|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027132335/https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/article30219569.ece|archive-date=27 October 2021|access-date=20 January 2022|website=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|location=Hyderabad|language=en}}</ref>