Taneti Vanitha

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Taneti Vanita
Minister for Home affairs and Disaster Management
Assumed office
11 April 2022
Preceded byMekathoti Sucharitha
Minister Of Women, Children, Differently abled and Senior Citizens Welfare Government Of Andhra Pradesh
In office
8 June 2019 – 7 April 2022
Preceded byParitala Sunitha
Succeeded byK. V. Ushashri Charan
Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
Assumed office
2019
Preceded byK.S. Jawahar
ConstituencyKovvur
In office
2009–2014
Preceded byMaddala Sunitha
Succeeded byMuppidi Venkateswara Rao
ConstituencyGopalapuram
Personal details
Born24 June 1971
Political partyYSR Congress Party
Other political
affiliations
Telugu Desam Party

Taneti Vanitha is an Indian politician and a Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Kovvuru, West Godavari district. She got majority of about 25000 votes in the 2019 Indian general election. She is currently serving as the Minister of Home, Prisons, Fire Services of Andhra Pradesh since 2022. She was elected as MLA from Gopalapuram in 2009. She came out of Telugu Desam Party due to TDP's stand on Andhra Pradesh bifurcation and then joined YSR Congress Party and contested from Kovvuru.

Career[edit]

She was elected as MLA for Gopalapuram on TDP ticket but defected to YSR Congress party in November 2012.[1][2] In 2019 she contested from Kovvuru as MLA and won with a majority of 25000 votes and appointed as Minister of Women and Child Welfare Department in Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy ministry.[3] In April 2022 Cabinet reshuffle Vanitha appointed as Minister for Home and Disaster Management.[4][5]

References[edit]

  1. Amarnath K. Menon (1 November 2012). "More MLAs from the Congress and the TDP are shifting to the fledgling party". India Today.
  2. "Telugu Desam Party suspends yet another MLA". 31 October 2012 – via www.thehindu.com.
  3. "Andhra Pradesh Ministers: Portfolios and profiles". 8 June 2019. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  4. The New Indian Express (12 April 2022). "Vanitha gets home, Buggana retains finance, Botcha & Suresh swap ministries in new team". Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  5. The Hindu (11 April 2022). "Buggana retains finance, Vanitha gets Home". Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.