Gadikota Srikanth Reddy
Gadikota Srikanth is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh, a state in southern India. He was elected in the 2009 general assembly elections, when he defeated the sitting MLA. Reddy is a supporter of Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, president of YSR Congress Party.
His father, Gadikota Mohan Reddy, served as a MLA from the Lakkireddipalle constituency between 2004 and 2009.
In 2012, he resigned his membership in the Indian National Congress party and his membership in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly as a loyal gesture to popular leader, Y.S. Raja Shekara Reddy. He was re-elected to the Assembly on YSR congress party ticket. He got a record majority of over 50,000 votes. Mr Reddy represented Rayachoti as an MLA for three successive terms starting from 2009 to 2019.
On 1 April 2017, Reddy demanded that Tirupati be made the second capital of Andhra Pradesh. Gadikota Srikanth Reddy was appointed as the chief whip of the YSR Congress party led state government in Andhra Pradesh.
