Live
- Harish Rao Condemns Attack on MLA Kaushik Reddy, demands security to MLA
- Rohan Bopanna to play in Tennis Premier League in December
- Never witnessed riots during festivals earlier: Khera slams BJP for K’taka clash
- Four dead after container lorry collides car and motorcycle in Tirupati
- Death toll in Datia Fort wall collapse rises to 7
- Decoding PCOS: Understanding the Causes, Symptoms, and Home Treatments
- 'Butter chicken battle': Peshawar residents recall Moti Mahal, not the contested dish
- India and Philippines strengthen defence ties during Defence Secretary Aramane's Manila visit
- Do not be provoked: CM Siddaramaiah urges people after Ganesh Visarjan violence
- Turkey: Two unpinned hand grenades found on highway in Istanbul
Know Your MLA: From left-wing activism to mainstream politics
Payam Venkateswarlu, MLA, Pinapaka
Kothagudem: The 49-year-old Tribal leader Payam Venkateswarlu had won as the MLA for the second time from Pinapaka constituency in the recent Assembly...
Kothagudem: The 49-year-old Tribal leader Payam Venkateswarlu had won as the MLA for the second time from Pinapaka constituency in the recent Assembly elections.
Payam hails from an agricultural family in the remote village of Bandarugudem under Manuguru mandal in Kothagudem district. He was active in AISF student organisation affiliated to CPI and worked as a CPI member of State committee. He contested as an MLA candidate from CPI. Later, he joined YSRCP party and won the 2014 elections, following which he joined the BRS party.
Payam, an ardent follower of Revenue and Housing Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, took his call and joined the Congress party. He defeated BRS leader and Chief Whip of BRS government Regakantha Rao with a good majority. Payam’s wife, Prameela, always stands by him in his political life. He says the development of Pinapaka constituency in all aspects is his prime aim.
