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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1954)}}
{{Family name hatnote|Arani|lang=Telugu}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Arani Srinivasulu 2019-03-19.png
| name = Arani Srinivasulu
| office = Member of the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 2024
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Bhumana Karunakar Reddy]]
| successor =
| constituency = [[Tirupati Assembly constituency|Tirupati]]
| term_start1 = 2019
| term_end1 = 2024
| predecessor1 = [[D. K. Satya Prabha]]
| successor1 = [[Gurajala Jagan Mohan]]
| constituency1 = [[Chittoor Assembly constituency|Chittoor]]
| birth_date = 15 May 1954
| party = [[Janasena Party]] (since 2024)
| other_party = [[YSR Congress Party]] (until 2024)<br />[[Praja Rajyam Party]]<br />[[Telugu Desam Party]]
}}

'''Arani Srinivasulu''' (born 15 May 1954),<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 May 2022 |title=ఘనంగా చిత్తూరు ఎమ్మెల్యే జన్మదిన వేడుకలు |trans-title=Birthday celebrations of Chittoor MLA |url=https://www.sakshi.com/telugu-news/andhra-pradesh/chittoor-mla-arani-srinivasulu-birthday-celebrations-held-glory-1456627 |access-date=23 November 2022 |website=[[Sakshi (newspaper)|Sakshi]] |language=te}}</ref> also known as '''Jangalapalli Srinivasulu'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 March 2019 |title=YSR Congress Party releases full list of candidates for Lok Sabha election, Assembly poll in Andhra Pradesh |url=https://zeenews.india.com/lok-sabha-general-elections-2019/ysr-congress-party-releases-full-list-of-candidates-for-lok-sabha-election-assembly-poll-in-andhra-pradesh-2188235.html |access-date=23 November 2022 |website=[[Zee News]] |language=en}}</ref> and '''JMC''',<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=9 April 2014 |title=బాబుకు జేఎంసీ షాక్ |trans-title=JMC shocks Babu |url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/andhra-pradesh/leaders-are-going-to-ysrcp-120414 |access-date=23 November 2022 |website=[[Sakshi (newspaper)|Sakshi]] |language=te}}</ref> is a politician from the Indian state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He was elected as the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) from [[Tirupati Assembly constituency]] in 2024 on behalf of the [[Janasena Party]] (JSP).

== Early life and education ==
Arani Srinivasulu was born to Arani Krishnaiah in Kongareddypalli.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Affidavit Information of Candidate |url=https://myneta.info/andhrapradesh2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=5154 |access-date=23 November 2022 |website=myneta.info}}</ref> He did his graduation in Arts from PVKN Government Degree College, S. V. University, Tirupati.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-01 |title=Aranii Srenevasulu (Jangalapalli) {{!}} MLA {{!}} Chittoor {{!}} Andhra Pradesh |url=https://theleaderspage.com/aranii-srenevasulu-jangalapalli/ |access-date=2024-03-26 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Srinivasulu contested the [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] from Chittoor constituency on behalf of [[Praja Rajyam Party]] (PRP) and lost the election to {{Interlanguage link|C. K. Babu|te|సి.కె. బాబు}} of [[Indian National Congress]] (Congress) by just 1,710 votes and 1.3%. Later he left PRP and joined TDP and had been appointed the president of its [[Chittoor district]] unit.<ref name=":0" /> In April 2014, he left TDP and joined YSRCP.<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 April 2014 |title=సొంత జిల్లాలో చంద్రబాబుకు షాక్ |trans-title=Shock for Chandrababu in his own district |url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/andhra-pradesh/jangalapalli-srinivasulu-resigns-tdp-120222 |access-date=23 November 2022 |website=[[Sakshi (newspaper)|Sakshi]] |language=te}}</ref> He contested to Chittoor constituency in the [[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] on behalf of YSRCP but lost to TDP's {{Interlanguage link|D. K. Satya Prabha|te|డి.కె. సత్యప్రభ}}.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 April 2022 |title=AP Politics: రాజకీయాల్లో యాక్టీవ్ అవుతున్న చిత్తూరు నేత.. పెద్దిరెడ్డితో వైరం ప్లస్సా.. మైనస్సా..! |trans-title=AP Politics: Chittoor leader who is active in politics.. Void with Peddireddy Positive.. Negative..! |url=https://telugu.news18.com/news/andhra-pradesh/ap-politics-speculations-over-senior-politician-ck-babu-to-join-ysrcp-even-he-had-rift-with-minister-peddireddy-rama-chandra-reddy-full-details-here-prn-tpt-1273788.html |access-date=23 November 2022 |website=[[News18 Telugu]] |language=te}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=K. Umashanker |date=20 November 2020 |title=Former Chittoor MLA Satyaprabha passes away |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/former-chittoor-mla-satyaprabha-passes-away/article33138851.ece |access-date=23 November 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He again contested in the [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] and won as the MLA.<ref>{{Cite news |last=K. Umashanker |date=12 September 2022 |title=Andhra Pradesh: Chittoor Kannan school celebrates diamond jubilee |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/andhra-pradesh-chittoor-kannan-school-celebrates-diamond-jubilee/article65882446.ece |access-date=23 November 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chittoor Constituency Winner List in AP Elections 2019 |url=https://www.sakshi.com/election-2019/en/results/andhra_pradesh/constituency/chittoor |access-date=23 November 2022 |website=[[Sakshi (newspaper)|Sakshi]]}}</ref>

Srinivasulu was unhappy with the YSRCP leadership ever since party has appointed Vijayanand Reddy as the Chittoor constituency in-charge for upcoming 2024 general elections to AP Assembly.<ref name="Dropping sitting MLA as in-charge of Chittoor constituency a political gamble, opine YSRCP leaders">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |title=Dropping sitting MLA as in-charge of Chittoor constituency a political gamble, opine YSRCP leaders |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/dropping-sitting-mla-as-in-charge-of-chittoor-constituency-a-political-gamble-opine-ysrcp-leaders/article67734333.ece |access-date=7 March 2024 |date=12 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307114031/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/dropping-sitting-mla-as-in-charge-of-chittoor-constituency-a-political-gamble-opine-ysrcp-leaders/article67734333.ece |archive-date=7 March 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref> After that he met [[Jana Sena Party|Jana Sena party]] chief Pawan Kalyan on 3 March 2024 in Hyderabad and later YSR Congress Party suspended him from Party.<ref name="YSRCP suspends Chittoor MLA after he meets Pawan Kalyan">{{cite news |last1=The News Minute |title=YSRCP suspends Chittoor MLA after he meets Pawan Kalyan |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/andhra-pradesh/andhra-pradesh-ysrcp-suspends-chittoor-mla-after-he-meets-pawan-kalyan |access-date=7 March 2024 |date=4 March 2024 |archive-date= |language=en}}</ref>

Arani Srinivasulu has joined [[Jana Sena Party]] in the presence of party president [[Pawan Kalyan]] on 7 March 2024.<ref name="YSRCP Chittoor MLA Arani Srinivasulu joins Jana Sena Party">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |title=YSRCP Chittoor MLA Arani Srinivasulu joins Jana Sena Party |url=https://thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ysrcp-chittoor-mla-arani-srinivasulu-joins-jana-sena-party/article67925163.ece |access-date=23 March 2024 |date=7 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240323145534/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ysrcp-chittoor-mla-arani-srinivasulu-joins-jana-sena-party/article67925163.ece |archive-date=23 March 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name="YSRCP">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |title=YSRCP Chittoor MLA to join Jana Sena Party, strongman C.K. Babu {{as written|annou|ces [sic]}} support to TDP candidate |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ysrcp-chittoor-mla-to-join-jana-sena-party-strongman-ck-babu-annouces-support-to-tdp-candidate/article67910129.ece |access-date=7 March 2024 |date=3 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307113755/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ysrcp-chittoor-mla-to-join-jana-sena-party-strongman-ck-babu-annouces-support-to-tdp-candidate/article67910129.ece |archive-date=7 March 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Politicians from Chittoor district]]
[[Category:Telugu politicians]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2019–2024]]
[[Category:Praja Rajyam Party politicians]]
[[Category:Telugu Desam Party politicians]]
[[Category:YSR Congress Party politicians]]
[[Category:1954 births]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2024–2029]]

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Imtiaz Qureshi at 03:42, 14 April 2026