Gaddam Prasad Kumar

Gaddam Prasad Kumar is an Indian politician currently serving as the Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly. He represents Vikarabad in the Telangana Legislative Assembly. He is a former Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.^[1] He belongs to Indian National Congress.^[2]

Gaddam Prasad Kumar గడ్డం ప్రసాద్ కుమార్
3rd Speaker of Telangana Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 December 2023
Governor	Tamilisai Soundararajan C.P. Radhakrishnan (additional charge) Jishnu Dev Varma
Deputy	vacant
Chief Minister	Revanth Reddy
Preceded by	Pocharam Srinivas Reddy
Member of Legislative Assembly, Telangana
Incumbent
Assumed office 2023
Preceded by	Anand Methuku
Constituency	Vikarabad
Minister of Handlooms & Textiles, Spinning Mills and Small Scale Industries Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office 2012–2014
Governor	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Chief Minister	Kiran Kumar Reddy
Preceded by	P. Shankar Rao
Succeeded by	Office Dissolved
Member of Legislative Assembly Andhra Pradesh
In office 2009–2014
Preceded by	A Chandrashekhar
Succeeded by	B. Sanjeeva Rao
Constituency	Vikarabad
Personal details
Born	Vikarabad, Andhra Pradesh (present day Telangana, India)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Shailaja
Children	2

Early life

Gaddam Prasad Kumar was born in Vikarabad, Ranga Reddy district, Andhra Pradesh, India.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Gaddam Prasad Kumar was elected to Vikrabad constituency in 2009 Assembly elections from Ranga Reddy district defeating A. Chandrashkhar of Telangana Rashtra Samithi party. in 2012 he was inducted into the Cabinet of N Kiran Kumar Reddy as Minister for Handlooms & Textiles, Spinning Mills & Small Scale Industries. He was appointed as Congress party campaign coordinators for the 2012 byelections in 12 Assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh.^[3]

After the State Bifurcation in 2014 he lost to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi candidate B Sanjeev Rao in 2014, and to Dr M Anand in 2018 Telangana Assembly Elections.

Gaddam Prasad Kumar defeated Methuku Anand of BRS party in the 2023 Assembly Elections.^[4] The Congress has Finalized Gaddam Prasad for the post of Telangana assembly speaker on 7 December and filed his nomination on 13 December in the presence of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy.^[5]

G. Prasad Kumar unanimously elected as Speaker of Telangana Legislative Assembly and took charge on 14 December 2023.^[6]

References

1. "Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : Rally turns violent in Vikarabad". The Hindu. 16 February 2010. Archived from the original on 20 February 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
2. Koride Mahesh (14 January 2011). "6 city, 2 RR dist MLAs may hitch on to Jagan". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 December 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
3. "Congress campaign coordinators". The Hindu. 11 July 2010. Archived from the original on 14 July 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
4. India Today (4 December 2023). "Vicarabad Assembly Election Results 2023 Highlights: INC's Gaddam Prasad Kumar defeats BRS's Dr. Anand Methuku with 12893 votes". Archived from the original on 13 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
5. Telangana Today (13 December 2023). "Telangana Assembly: Gaddam Prasad files nomination to Speaker's post". Archived from the original on 13 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
6. The Hindu (13 December 2023). "G. Prasad Kumar unanimously elected as Speaker". Archived from the original on 14 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.