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Arekapudi Gandhi

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Arekapudi Gandhi
Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2 June 2014
Preceded byM. Bikshapathi Yadav
ConstituencySerilingampally
Personal details
NationalityIndia
Political partyIndian National Congress
(2024-present)
Other political
affiliations
Telugu Desam Party (2016)
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (2016-2024)
Residence(s)Vivekananda Nagar, Kukatpally[1]
OccupationPolitician

Arekapudi Gandhi (born 12 June 1961) is a member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly from Serilingampally Assembly constituency since the 2014 Legislative Assembly election.[2] He won as a Member of the Legislative Assembly representing Telugu Desam Party in the 2014 Legislative Assembly election and later joined Bharat Rashtra Samithi.[3]

He served as whip in the 2nd Telangana Assembly.[4] He defected to Congress on 13 July 2024[5]and appointed as Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman on 9 September 2024.[6][7][8]

References

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  1. ^ https://legislature.telangana.gov.in/getMLAMemberDetails?memid=3199&constid=52&orderby=1&termid=15 [dead link]
  2. ^ "SRI AREKAPUDI GANDHI". legislature.telangana.gov.in. Archived from the original on 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Two More TDP MLAs to Join TRS". The New Indian Express. 9 March 2016. Archived from the original on 18 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Vinay Bhaskar to be chief whip in Telangana Assembly". The New Indian Express. 8 September 2019. Archived from the original on 18 June 2024.
  5. ^ "BRS MLA Arekapudi Gandhi joins Congress in Telangana". Deccan Herald. 13 July 2024. Archived from the original on 13 July 2024.
  6. ^ The Hindu (10 September 2024). "Telangana Assembly Speaker constitutes Financial Committees; Arekapudi Gandhi appointed as chairman of Committee on Public Accounts". Archived from the original on 10 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Gandhi Named Chairman of PAC". 9 September 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  8. ^ The New Indian Express (10 September 2024). "Arekapudi Gandhi, a defector, made Public Accounts Committee chairman". Retrieved 10 September 2024.