D. Srinivas
MP of Rajya Sabha from Telangana
In office
22 June 2016 – 4 July 2022
Preceded byV. Hanumantha Rao, INC
Succeeded byD. Damodar Rao
ConstituencyNizamabad
Opposition leader of Telangana Legislative Council
In office
3 June 2014 – 2 July 2015
Preceded byposition established
Personal details
Born (1948-09-27) 27 September 1948
Velpur Nizamabad district Telangana
Political partyIndian National Congress
Other political
affiliations		Bharat Rashtra Samithi
ChildrenSanjay, Arvind
Residence(s)Nizamabad, Hyderabad MLA colony

Dharmapuri Srinivas (born 27 September 1948) is an Indian politician, the former President of APPCC[1] and ex-MLA of the State Assembly. He was elected MLA three times in the years 1989,1999, and 2004. He served as Minister for Higher Education and Intermediate Education in Rajashekhar Reddy's government in 2009. Srinivas also worked with different portfolios in the State Cabinet of Andhra Pradesh. He played a key role to bring back the Congress Party into the government in 2004 and 2009. He is a nephew of former finance minister Argul Rajaram of A.P. State. Srinivas lost the elections in 2009, 2010 (Bye- election) and 2012 to BJP and 2014 to BRS PARTY, respectively.

On 2 July 2015, he resigned from the INC Party.[2]

Early life

D. Srinivas was born in Nizamabad. He graduated from Nizam College, Hyderabad, Telangana.

Personal life

D. Srinivas is married and he has two sons. His elder son Sanjay is ex-Mayor of Nizamabad. His younger son Arvind Dharmapuri is a businessman and Member of Parliament of Nizamabad from Bharatiya Janata Party.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Das, Ashok (3 December 2010). "Andhra Cong faces fresh crisis". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "D. Srinivas Resigns". TNP LIVE. Hyderabad, India. 2 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "My father has nothing to do with my joining BJP: D Aravind". The Hindu. 29 June 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 February 2019.


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