Background
Revanth Reddy was born on November 8, 1969 at Kondareddy Pally of Mahboobnagar district.
Revanth Reddy was born on November 8, 1969 at Kondareddy Pally of Mahboobnagar district.
He is a graduate in Arts. He was a leader of student union during his school days. Zilla Parishad Territory constituency
Later he met TDP chief North. Chandrababu Naidu and joined the Telugu Desam Party.
In 2009 he was elected to the Andhra Pradesh assembly from Kodangal Constituency with 46.45% Votes.
He declared his assets in election affidavit as 3.6 crores with 73 lakhs liabilities. During his first term of office he commenced the construction of Kosigi bus depot and also a polytechnic college.
He once again contested in 2014 general elections and elected to the Telangana assembly from Kodangal Constituency with a majority of 14,614 votes. He declared his assets in 2014 elections as 13.12 crores with 3.3 crores liabilites.
He was elected as Floor leader of Telangana Telugu Desam Legislative Party (TTDLP).
Revanth Reddy has gained prominence in the opposition party and TDP in Telangana. Emergence and wielding his sharp tongue has gained the popularity as a firebrand of TTDP, which brought him many followers from different places across both Telugu speaking states. On 31 May 2015, Revanth Reddy was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) during a sting operation after bribing nominated Modern Language Association Elvis Stephenson to vote in favour of the TDP candidate in the Legislative Council election.
He was remanded in judicial custody for 14 days, then on June 15, 2015 court extended remand for more 15 days till 29 June 2015.
A criminal case under sections of Prevention of Corruption Acting and sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy) – read with section 34 (common intention) of Indian Penal Code was registered against him along with two others - Bishop Sebastian Harry and Uday Simha. On 30 june Telangana High Court gave conditional bail.
TDP party members celebrated Revanth Reddy"s release on 1 July 2015 with huge rally.
He was interested in politics since his school days. He married former central minister and congress party senior leader Jaipal Reddy brother"s daughter. In 2006 he won ZPTC Election with 51.65% of votes gain for Independent party in Midjil constituency.
Member of Legislative Council
He was elected Member of Legislative Council MLC as an independent candidate in 2008. Member of legislative assembly.