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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Bhuma Akhila Priya
| image = File:The Minister for Tourism and Culture, Andhra Pradesh, Ms. Bhuma Akhila Priya meeting the Minister of State for Culture (IC) and Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Dr. Mahesh Sharma, in New Delhi on October 30, 2017 (cropped).jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1987|04|02}}
| birth_place =
| spouse =
| children =
| party = [[Telugu Desam Party]]<br />(since 2016)
| other_party = [[YSR Congress Party]]<br />(until 2016)
| father = [[Bhuma Nagi Reddy]]
| mother = [[Bhuma Shobha Nagi Reddy]]
| office3 = [[Third N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry|Minister for Tourism, Telugu Language and Culture]]<br> [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]
| term_start3 = 2 April 2017
| term_end3 = 29 May 2019
| governor3 = [[E. S. L. Narasimhan]]
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata3 = [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 = [[Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao]]
| office = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Member of Legislative Assembly<br>Andhra Pradesh]]
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| assembly = Andhra Pradesh Legislative
| 1namedata = [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]
| term_start = 2024
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Gangula Brijendra Reddy|Gangula Brijendra Reddy (Gangula Nani)]]
| constituency = [[Allagadda Assembly constituency|Allagadda]]
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| assembly1 = Andhra Pradesh Legislative
| 1namedata1 = [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]
| term_start1 = 2014
| term_end1 = 2019
| predecessor1 = [[Bhuma Shobha Nagi Reddy]]
| successor1 = [[Gangula Brijendra Reddy|Gangula Brijendra Reddy (Gangula Nani)]]
| constituency1 = [[Allagadda Assembly constituency|Allagadda]]
| relatives = [[Bhuma Brahmananda Reddy]] (Cousin)
}}
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'''Bhuma Akhila Priya''' (born 2 April 1987)'''<ref>{{Cite web |last=India |first=The Hans |date=2017-04-03 |title=Akhila Priya gets lucky on her birthday |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Andhra-Pradesh/2017-04-03/Akhila-Priya-gets-lucky-on-her-birthday/290695 |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=www.thehansindia.com |language=en}}</ref>''' is an Indian politician from [[Andhra Pradesh]]. She is the former Tourism and Culture minister of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. She is currently the member of legislative assembly (MLA) from Allagadda assembly constituency ([[Telugu Desam Party]]).

== Early life ==
Akhila Priya was born to [[Bhuma Nagi Reddy]] and [[Shobha Nagi Reddy]] in Allagadda, [[Kurnool district|Kurnool District]], Andhra Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arikatla |first=Venkat |date=2022-10-12 |title=Bhuma family in tatters over assets |url=https://www.greatandhra.com/politics/andhra-news/bhuma-family-in-tatters-over-assets-124435 |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=greatandhra.com |language=en}}</ref> She is the eldest of three children. In 2014, she had to contest the Allagadda by-election which fell vacant due to the death of her mother in a road accident.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sreenivasulu |first=D. |date=2014-04-24 |title=YSRC MLA Sobha Nagireddy dies in road accident |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ysrc-mla-sobha-nagireddy-dies-in-road-accident/article5942956.ece |access-date=2022-10-27 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-04-04 |title=Two families vie for power in Allagadda |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/two-families-vie-for-power-in-allagadda/article26729951.ece |access-date=2022-10-27 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She was unanimously elected representing the [[YSR Congress Party]]. In 2018, she married industrialist Bharghava Ram.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bhuma Akhila Priya ties the knot with industrialist |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2018/aug/30/bhuma-akhila-priya-ties-the-knot-with-industrialist-1864927.html |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=The New Indian Express|date=30 August 2018 }}</ref>

== Political career ==
In 2014, she won as a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Allagadda Assembly constituency|Allagadda assembly constituency]] by-election representing [[YSR Congress Party]].

Later in 2016, she joined [[Telugu Desam Party]] along with her father [[Bhuma Nagi Reddy]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Another YSR Congress Legislator Joins TDP In Andhra Pradesh |url=https://www.ndtv.com/andhra-pradesh-news/another-ysr-congress-legislator-joins-tdp-in-andhra-pradesh-1280828 |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref> and served as the ''Minister for Tourism, Telugu Language and Culture'' under the Telugu Desam Party government.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Telugu360 |date=2017-03-13 |title=Bhuma's daughter may be inducted into cabinet |url=https://www.telugu360.com/bhumas-daughter-may-inducted-cabinet/ |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=Telugu360.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Andhra Pradesh Tourism Minister Bhuma Akhila Priya joins Nallamala stir |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2019/sep/29/former-andhra-pradesh-tourism-minister-bhuma-akhila-priya-joins-nallamala-stir--2040745.html |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=The New Indian Express|date=29 September 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CM Naidu tells Akhila Priya, Subba Reddy not to give him headache |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2018/apr/27/cm-naidu-tells-akhila-priya-subba-reddy-not-to-give-him-headache-1807012.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430102001/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2018/apr/27/cm-naidu-tells-akhila-priya-subba-reddy-not-to-give-him-headache-1807012.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 April 2018 |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-06-14 |title=Irked by TDP leaders, Silpa Mohan Reddy quits |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/irked-by-tdp-leaders-silpa-mohan-reddy-quits/article9727084.ece |access-date=2022-10-27 |website=www.thehindubusinessline.com |language=en}}</ref> In 2019, she contested from Allagadda assembly constituency from Telugu Desam Party and lost the election to Gangula Bijendra Reddy of YSR Congress Party.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-05-25 |title=Bhuma family's march in its bastions comes to an end |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/bhuma-familys-march-in-its-bastions-comes-to-an-end/article27249818.ece |access-date=2022-10-27 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In 2024, she was again elected as a member of the legislative assembly.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}

== References ==
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[[Category:Telugu Desam Party politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1987 births]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:Women members of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2014–2019]]
[[Category:Andhra Pradesh MLAs 2024–2029]]

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