Background
Reddy was born into a middle-class family at Muchkuru village of Nizamabad District, Telangana.
Reddy was born into a middle-class family at Muchkuru village of Nizamabad District, Telangana.
He graduated Bachelor of Arts from the Giriraj government College Nizamabad, Osmania University Andhra Pradesh.
He is also related to Late Sri Muduganti Ramgopal Reddy Exchange Member of Parliament (1971 to 1984) and took him as an aspiration to be a leader. Sri Muduganti Ramgopal Reddy, Late.
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G. Rajaram and BR Ganga Reddy of Nizamabad district. He was elected as General Secretary in 1964-1965 and as President in 1966-1967 of Giriraj Government College, Nizamabad. He was appointed as district youth congress President Nizamabad in 1971.
Elected as General Secretary for Nizamabad Beedi Mazdur Sangh, Nizamabad.
He worked as State Council Member, Andhra Pradesh Youth Congress Committee in 1975. he joined YSR congress party. He was elected as (Modern Language Association) for the second time in the wave of then film star Northwest Territories Rama Rao in 1983.
He was elected for the third time as (Modern Language Association) in 1989. And he was elected as (Modern Language Association) for the fourth time (presently) in 2004 (Travel Related Services).
Reddy worked as Minister for Roads & Buildings in 1990–1991 and then Finance Minister in 1991–1992 in the Nedurimalli Janardhan Reddy"s Cabinet.
And in 1992–1993 he worked as Minister for Major Industries in the Kotla Vijaya Bhasker Reddy"s Cabinet. And recently he worked as Minister for Transport in Doctor Y. South. Rajasekhara Reddy"s Cabinet in 2004–2005. In 1991 Reddy acted as Speaker role in the Telugu film Thegimpu.
He also acted as a poet in a video movie Andhra Vaibhavam.
Santosh Reddy"s Son Shanigaram Srinivas Reddy (Vasu Babu), who lives in the United States of America, has entered active politics. He is the presumptive Congress candidate from Armoor for the 2009 general elections.
He is attracted to politics during his college days and he was influenced by the then socialist leaders Late.
Later he was elected as Grampanchayath Member of Muchkur village in 1970. In 1978, Reddy was elected as Member of Legislative Assembly (Modern Language Association), Andhra Pradesh from Armoor constituency along with present Chief Minister Doctor Y. South. Raja Sekhara Reddy and former Chief Minister Mr. Nara Chandra Babu Naidu.