Vakiti Sunitha Laxma Reddy

Vakiti Sunitha Laxma Reddy
Vakiti Sunitha Laxma Reddy
Member of Legislative Assembly, Telangana
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2023
Preceded by	Chilumula Madan Reddy
Constituency	Narsapur
Minister for Women welfare, Child welfare, Disabled Welfare, SHGs, IKP, Pensions; Government of Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 25 November 2010 – 21 February 2014
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	Kiran Kumar Reddy
Preceded by	Konda Surekha
Succeeded by	President's Rule
Minister of Minor Irrigation; Government of Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 25 May 2009 – 24 November 2010
Governor	N. D. Tiwari; E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy; Konijeti Rosaiah
Preceded by	Ponnala Lakshmaiah
Member of Legislative Assembly; Andhra Pradesh
	In office; 1999 - 2014
Preceded by	Chilimula Vithal Reddy
Succeeded by	Telangana Assembly Created
Constituency	Narsapur
Personal details
Born	5 April 1968 (age 56); Gomaram, Shivampet Mandal, Telangana, India
Political party	Telangana Rashtra Samithi; (2019-present)
Other political; affiliations	Indian National Congress; (1999-2019)
Spouse	Late Sri Vakiti Laxma Reddy
Children	Srinivas Reddy, Shashidhar Reddy
Residence(s)	Gomaram, Shivampet Mandal, Medak district

Vakiti Sunitha Laxma Reddy was elected as BRS Party MLA from Narsapur Assembly Constituency, Medak District of Telangana. She was elected for four terms from the same constituency. She served as Minister for Minor Irrigation in the cabinets led by Dr. Y.S. Raja Sekhar Reddy, K. Rosaiah, and Kiran Kumar Reddy. In the reshuffling and reformation of the cabinet by N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, Sunitha Laxma Reddy was allocated the portfolio of Indira Kranthi Yojana and Pensions. She contested 2014 by poll from Medak (Lok Sabha constituency) being Congress candidate and lost.^[1]

On 3 April 2019, she joined BRS Party at the public meeting in Medak parliamentary constituency.

Present: Telangana government appointed Vakiti Sunitha Lakshma Reddy as the chairperson and the members of women's commission on 27 December 2020.^[2]^[3]

Sunitha was also the former minister of women development and child welfare in Andhra Pradesh who has now taken the charge of being the Chairperson of the women's commission.

Bharat Rashtra Samithi president and Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on 25 October 2023 announced the candidature of Vakiti Sunitha Lakshma Reddy for Narsapur assembly constituency for 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election to be held on November 30.^[4]

References

^ The New Indian Express (28 August 2014). "Three Reddys and a Lok Sabha Constituency". Archived from the original on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
^ The Indian Express (28 December 2020). "Telangana gets a fully functional Women's Commission after 2.5 years". Archived from the original on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
^ "A Women's Commission for Telangana, at last". 28 December 2020. Archived from the original on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
^ Telangana Today (25 October 2023). "CM announces Sunitha Laxma Reddy as Narsapur MLA candidate, Madan Reddy for Medak MP seat". Archived from the original on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.

"Vakiti Sunitha Laxma Reddy". sunithalaxmareddy.in. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
Ali, Roushan (27 March 2019). "V Sunitha Laxma Reddy meets KCR, to board Car soon". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 November 2019.

[Three_Reddys_and_a_Lok_Sabha_Constituency-1] The New Indian Express (28 August 2014). "Three Reddys and a Lok Sabha Constituency". Archived from the original on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.

[Telangana_gets_a_fully_functional_Women’s_Commission_after_2.5_years-2] The Indian Express (28 December 2020). "Telangana gets a fully functional Women's Commission after 2.5 years". Archived from the original on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.

[A_Women's_Commission_for_Telangana,_at_last-3] "A Women's Commission for Telangana, at last". 28 December 2020. Archived from the original on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.

[CM_announces_Sunitha_Laxma_Reddy_as_Narsapur_MLA_candidate,_Madan_Reddy_for_Medak_MP_seat-4] Telangana Today (25 October 2023). "CM announces Sunitha Laxma Reddy as Narsapur MLA candidate, Madan Reddy for Medak MP seat". Archived from the original on 27 October 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.

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