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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1969)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Duddilla Sridhar Babu
| caption = Sridhar Babu in 2012
| image = The Minister for Civil Supplies, Andhra Pradesh, Shri Sridhar Babu addressing at the inauguration of the Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign, at Manthani, Karimnagar Dist., Andhra Pradesh on September 26, 2012 (cropped).jpg
| office1 = [[Revanth Reddy ministry|Minister for Information Technology, Electronics, Communications, Industries and Commerce]]<ref name="indianexpress.com">{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/telangana-cabinet-full-list-of-ministers-9058279/lite/ | title=Here's the full list of ministers in Revanth Reddy's Telangana Cabinet | date=7 December 2023 }}</ref> {{small|[[Government of Telangana]]}}
| term_start1 = 7 December 2023
| governor1 = * [[Tamilisai Soundararajan]] (2023-2024)
* [[C.P. Radhakrishnan]] {{small|(Additional charge)}} (2024)
* [[Jishnu Dev Varma]] (2024-)
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata1 = [[Anumula Revanth Reddy]]
| predecessor1 = [[K. T. Rama Rao]]
| office2 = [[Revanth Reddy ministry|Minister for Legislative Affairs]]<ref name="indianexpress.com"/> {{small|[[Government of Telangana]]}}
| term_start2 = 7 December 2023
| governor2 = * [[Tamilisai Soundararajan]] (2023-2024)
* [[C.P. Radhakrishnan]] {{small|(Additional charge)}} (2024-present)
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata2 = [[Anumula Revanth Reddy]]
| predecessor2 = [[Vemula Prashanth Reddy]]
| office3 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start3 = 2018
| predecessor3 = Putta Madhu
| constituency3 = [[Manthani Assembly constituency|Manthani]]
| office4 = [[Kiran Kumar Reddy ministry|Minister for Civil Supplies & Legislative Affairs]] {{small|[[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]}}
| term4 = 25 November 2010 - 2 January 2014<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/andhra-minister-sridhar-babu-quits-kiran-reddy-ministry-over-portfolio-rejig-160901-2014-01-01 | title=Telangana effect: Andhra minister Sridhar Babu quits Kiran Reddy ministry over portfolio rejig | date=2 January 2014 }}</ref>
| governor4 = [[E. S. L. Narasimhan]]
| 1blankname4 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata4 = [[Kiran Kumar Reddy]]
| predecessor4 = [[Sake Sailajanath]]
| successor4 = [[Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh]]
| office5 = [[Second Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ministry|Minister for Higher Education and NRI Affairs]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/ysr-constitutes-35member-cabinet-drops-four-ministers/lite/ | title=YSR constitutes 35-member Cabinet, drops four ministers | date=26 May 2009 }}</ref> {{small|[[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]}}
| term5 = 25 May 2009 - 24 November 2010
| governor5 = * [[N. D. Tiwari]]
* [[E. S. L. Narasimhan]]
| 1blankname5 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata5 = * [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]]
* [[Konijeti Rosaiah]]
| predecessor5 = [[Dharmapuri Srinivas]]
| successor5 = [[Damodar Raja Narasimha]]
| office6 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| term6 = 1999 - 2014
| predecessor6 = Chandrupatla Ram Reddy
| successor6 = ''Telangana Assembly Created''
| constituency6 = [[Manthani Assembly constituency|Manthani]]
| birth_place = [[Manthani]], [[Telangana]], India
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1969|5|30}}
| spouse = Shailaja Ramaiyer
| children = 2
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
}}
'''Duddilla Sridhar Babu''' (born 30 May 1969)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dsridharbabu.com|title=About Sridhar Babu |publisher=SridharBabu Official Website}}</ref> is an Indian politician from [[Indian National Congress]] and is a member of the [[Telangana Assembly]] from [[Manthani (Assembly constituency)|Manthani Constituency]], Peddapalli district which he won for the fifth time as MLA in December 2023. He is a senior Minister in the Telangana Government holding the crucial portfolios of Information Technology, Electronics & Communication, Industry & Commerce and Legislative Affairs.<ref name="Telangana Ministers' Portfolios">{{Cite web|url=https://telangana.gov.in/government/council-of-ministers///|title= Telangana Ministers' Portfolios}}</ref>

Sridhar Babu is one of the senior most leaders in the [[Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee|Telangana Congress Party]], and was an [[All India Congress Committee|AICC All India Congress Committee]] Secretary attached to the AICC General Secretary, in charge of [[Karnataka]]<ref name="AICC Secretaries">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/sridhar-babu-appointed-as-aicc-secretary-for-karnataka/article65624109.ece|title=AICC Secretaries |newspaper=The Hindu |publisher=The Hindu Online |date= 10 July 2022|accessdate=2022-07-10}}</ref> from July 2022 to August 2024. He was the Minister for Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs, Legal Metrology, and Legislative Affairs in the United [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]] prior to that state being divided.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aponline.gov.in/apportal/contact/listofcontacts.asp?id=01 |title=Council of Ministers |publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh |date=October 2013 |accessdate=2013-10-03 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008000758/http://www.aponline.gov.in/apportal/contact/listofcontacts.asp?id=01 |archivedate=8 October 2013}}</ref>

==Background==
Duddilla Sridhar Babu<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dsridharbabu.com/|title=Sridhar Babu Official Website|last=Duddilla|first=Sridhar babu|date=|website=dsridharbabu.com/}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web |url=https://secure.aponline.gov.in/APPORTAL/List-of-MLAs.html |title=List of MLAs |publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh |access-date=2014-06-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222016/https://secure.aponline.gov.in/APPORTAL/List-of-MLAs.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> is the fourth of six children of former Speaker of the [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Andhra Pradesh Assembly]], the Indian National Congress politician Sri [[D. Sripada Rao]]. He graduated with [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A]], [[Bachelor of Laws|L.L.B.]] from the [[University of Delhi]], and [[Master of Arts|M. A. Political Science]] from [[University of Hyderabad]]. Babu was a practicing lawyer at [[Andhra Pradesh High Court]] before entering politics in 1999 following the assassination of his father by [[Naxalite]]s. At that time he decided that it was incumbent on him to continue the work of his father in the [[Manthani]] constituency and more specifically in the [[Karimnagar district]] in which it is situated.<ref name="postnoon">{{cite news |url=http://postnoon.com/2012/09/21/robed-minister-of-kirans-team/74605 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131174152/http://postnoon.com/2012/09/21/robed-minister-of-kirans-team/74605 |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 January 2013 |title=Robed minister of Kiran's team |publisher=Postnoon |first= Inkeshaf |last=Ahmed |date=21 September 2012 |access-date=2013-10-03 }}</ref><ref name="hindu">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/26/stories/2009052660220800.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529204041/http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/26/stories/2009052660220800.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 May 2009 |title=Andhra Pradesh News : Manthani fields a Minister after PV |date=26 May 2009 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2013-10-03}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Sridhar Babu was a keen cricketer as a student, he represented [[Nizam College]] and the [[University of Hyderabad]]. Sridhar Babu is married to Ms Shailaja Ramaiyer an [[Indian Administrative Service]] officer of the Telangana Cadre, while being a MLA. The couple have two children(one son , one daughter).

==Career==
Sridhar Babu is known for carrying out developmental works in the Backward region of Manthani ever since he became a Member of the Legislative Assembly and is believed to be always close to the people of the region.

===First term (1999–2004)===
Sridhar Babu won on the Congress ticket from Manthani in the 1999 elections, though his Congress party was relegated to sitting in the opposition. He defeated his nearest rival Chandrupatla Ram Reddy by a margin of over 15,000 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-AP99.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=16 October 2012 |archive-date=29 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929010550/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-AP99.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Second term (2004–2009)===
By the time [[Y. S. Rajasekhar Reddy]] undertook his padayatra in 2003, Sridhar Babu was the Karimnagar district party president.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2003/01/28/stories/2003012805010300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140314102147/http://www.hindu.com/2003/01/28/stories/2003012805010300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 March 2014 |title=Cong. wants Nellore renamed |date=28 January 2003 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2014-03-14}}</ref> In the 2004 elections, in which the Congress Party gained power, he defeated the TDP candidate, Somarapu Satyanarayana, by a margin of 42,560 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2004/StatisticalReports_AP_2004.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=16 October 2012 |archive-date=11 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111120540/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2004/StatisticalReports_AP_2004.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> He became a Government Whip in the 12th Telangana.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aplegislature.org/whips |title=Whips |publisher=AP Legislature |date= |accessdate=2014-03-14 |archive-date=19 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219215350/http://www.aplegislature.org/whips |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Third term (2009–2014)===
He was re-elected in the 2009 Assembly Elections defeating Putta Madhu of the erstwhile [[Praja Rajyam Party]] by a margin of over 13,000 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/Statistical_Report_AP2009.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=16 October 2012 |archive-date=4 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804205034/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2009/Statistical_Report_AP2009.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was the only Congress MLA to be re-elected in 2009 from Karimnagar district, amidst a strong showing from an alliance of the [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] and Telugu Desam Party.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}

Babu was appointed a member of Y. S. Reddy's cabinet in May 2009<ref name="hindu" /> as minister for Higher Education and [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|NRI]] affairs. After serving the ministry for 1.5 years he moved to the Civil Supplies and Legislative affairs ministry in Kiran Kumar Reddy's cabinet.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} He resigned from the cabinet on 2 January 2014 after Reddy divested him of his Legislative Affairs portfolio when the [[Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014|Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill]], which concerns the creation of a separate Telangana state, was being discussed in the Assembly.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/south/andhra-pradesh-minister-sridhar-babu-resigns-over-portfolio-rejig-466330 |title=Andhra Pradesh Minister Sridhar Babu resigns over portfolio rejig |publisher=NDTV.com |date=2 January 2014 |accessdate=2014-03-18}}</ref>

===Fourth term (2018–2023)===
Sridhar Babu won a hard-fought election in 2018,<ref name="eci.gov.in">{{Cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/9691-telangana-general-legislative-election-2018-statistical-report/|title = Telangana General Legislative Election 2018 - Statistical Report}}</ref> and won with a majority of 16,230 votes against his TRS rival.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/manthani-election-result-2018-live-updates-duddilla-sridhar-babu-of-inc-wins-1969027.html/ |title=Manthani Election Result 2018 Live Updates: Duddilla Sridhar Babu of INC Wins - News18 |access-date=14 August 2019 |archive-date=13 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213130308/https://www.news18.com/news/politics/manthani-election-result-2018-live-updates-duddilla-sridhar-babu-of-inc-wins-1969027.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Telangana CM KCR had called for an early election in September 2018 by dissolving the assembly a good 8 months before its tenure throwing the opposition parties into a tizzy.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/kcr-dissolves-telangana-assembly-calls-for-early-polls-1869591.html/ |title=KCR Keeps Date with 'Lucky 6', Dissolves Telangana Assembly and Calls for Early Polls |access-date=14 August 2019 |archive-date=9 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109034946/https://www.news18.com/news/india/kcr-dissolves-telangana-assembly-calls-for-early-polls-1869591.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Congress party had high hopes of dethroning the ruling TRS and allied itself with the TDP, TJS and CPI to forge a grand alliance. However, the TRS rode back to power and Sridhar Babu was one of the only 19 MLAs who won on the Congress party ticket.

=== Fifth term (2023-) ===

The Congress party launched a comprehensive campaign and AICC leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi campaigned in Telangana and Smt. Sonia Gandhi addressed a mega rally in the run up to the Telangana election where she announced 6 guarantees.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://indianexpress.com/article/india/congress-telangana-rally-telangana-assembly-elections-bjp-rishtedar-samithi-sonia-gandhi-rahul-gandhi-8944525/|title= Congress announces 6 guarantees=18 Sep 2023| date=18 September 2023 }}</ref> Basis the 6 guarantees, the party prepared a robust Manifesto which was spearheaded by Sridhar babu <ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/031023/congress-manifesto-will-reflect-social-inclusiveness-of-telangana-peop.html|title= D Sridhar Babu is Manifesto Chairman of TPCC=4 Oct 2023| date=4 October 2023 }}</ref>
Sridhar Babu contesting for the 6th time as MLA from Manthani, and as only one of the 5 sitting MLAs from the Congress party in Telangana ran a well planned election campaign focusing on the promises made by the Congress party in its manifesto and the 6 guarantees announced to achieve a Samajika Telangana (Social Telangana)-which was based on Social justice and Inclusive politics, to counter the Bangaru Telangana ( Golden Telangana) claim by BRS. In the end, he won with a handsome margin of 31380 votes<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenDecNew2023/candidateswise-S2924.htm/|title= D Sridhar Babu wins from Manthani=4 Dec 2023}}</ref> inflicting a defeat on Putta Madhukar of the ruling BRS for the third time.
The state witnessed a stunning defeat of the ruling BRS which had to contend only with 39 seats, and the Congress party romped home with a simple majority of 64 seats.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/elections/telangana-election-result-recap-congress-ends-10-year-rule-of-brs-secures-64-seats-10-points-to-know-11701664939720.html/|title= Congress ends BRS Rule in Telangana=4 Dec 2023}}</ref>

==Government of Telangana==
D Sridhar Babu was sworn in as a Minister in the Government of Telangana on 7 December 2023 along with 11 other ministers including CM Revanth Reddy and Dy CM Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/telangana-cabinet-full-list-of-ministers-9058279//|title= Telangana Ministers list=7 Dec 2023| date=7 December 2023 }}</ref>

He is currently holding the portfolio of Information Technology, Electronics & Communication, Industry & Commerce and
Legislative Affairs.<ref name="Telangana Ministers' Portfolios"/><ref name="Portfolios allocated to Ministers in the new Telangana Cabinet">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |date=9 December 2023 |title=Portfolios allocated to Ministers in the new Telangana Cabinet |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/full-list-of-telangana-cabinet-and-council-of-ministers/article67620817.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240121123943/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/full-list-of-telangana-cabinet-and-council-of-ministers/article67620817.ece |archive-date=21 January 2024 |access-date=21 January 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name="Revanth Reddy assigns portfolios to 11 ministers in Telangana Cabinet: Full list">{{cite news |last1=India Today |date=9 December 2023 |title=Revanth Reddy assigns portfolios to 11 ministers in Telangana Cabinet: Full list |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/revanth-reddy-portfolios-11-ministers-telangana-cabinet-keeps-law-order-general-administration-full-list-2474051-2023-12-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240121125317/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/revanth-reddy-portfolios-11-ministers-telangana-cabinet-keeps-law-order-general-administration-full-list-2474051-2023-12-09 |archive-date=21 January 2024 |access-date=21 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

=== Election statistics ===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
! Year
! Constituency
! colspan="2"|Party
! Votes
! %
! Opponent
! colspan="2"|Opponent Party
! Opponent Votes
! %
! Result
! Margin
! %
|-
! [[2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
| rowspan="6"|[[Manthani Assembly constituency|Manthani]]
| {{Party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=6}}
| 103,822
| 52.82
| rowspan="4"|Putta Madhu
| {{Party name with color|Bharat Rashtra Samithi}}
| 72,442
| 36.86
| {{yes2|Won}}
| 31,380
| 15.96
|-
! [[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
| 89,045
| 50.41
| {{Party name with color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi|rowspan=2}}
| 72,815
| 41.22
| {{yes2|Won}}
| 16,230
| 9.19
|-
! [[2014 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2014]]
| 64,667
| 38.00
| 84,037
| 49.38
| {{no2|Lost}}
| -19,370
| -11.38
|-
! [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2009]]
| 63,770
| 42.27
| {{Party name with color|Praja Rajyam Party}}
| 50,561
| 33.51
| {{yes2|Won}}
| 13,209
| 8.76
|-
! [[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
| 79,318
| 59.23
| [[Somarapu Satyanarayana]]
| {{Party name with color|Telugu Desam Party|rowspan=2}}
| 36,758
| 27.45
| {{yes2|Won}}
| 42,560
| 31.78
|-
! [[1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1999]]
| 65,884
| 54.31
| Chandrupatla Ram Reddy
| 50,613
| 41.73
| {{yes2|Won}}
| 15,271
| 12.58
|-
|}

==Offices held==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! '''Office''' !! '''Organization''' !! '''Tenure'''
|-
| Secretary, Coordination Committee||Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee || (2014–2015)
|-
| Chairman, Manifesto Committee <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/congress-releases-poll-manifesto-for-telangana-680770.html|title = Congress releases poll manifesto for Telangana|date = 12 April 2014}}</ref> ||Telangana Pradesh Election Committee || (2014–2014)
|-
| Minister for Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs, Legal [[Metrology]] ||Government of Andhra Pradesh || (2010-2014)
|-
|Minister for Legislative Affairs ||Government of Andhra Pradesh || (2010 - 2014)
|-
| In Charge District Minister and Chairman DRC(District Review Committee)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/water-board-ghmc-chiefs-caught-off-guard/article2848407.ece|title = Water Board, GHMC chiefs caught off guard|newspaper = The Hindu|date = February 2012}}</ref> ||Ranga Reddy District, Andhra Pradesh || (2009-2014)
|-
| Minister for Higher Education and NRI Affairs ||Government of Andhra Pradesh || (2009-2010)
|-
| President || District Congress Committee, Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh || (2004-2012)
|-
| Board Member ||Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh || (2004-2006)
|-
| Government Whip ||12th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly || (2004-2009)
|-
| Chairman || Cricket Association of Telangana, CAT || (2014–2016)
|-
| Vice president || Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Telangana/2016-04-17/Sonia-approves-TPCC-body/222081|title=Sonia approves TPCC body|date=17 April 2016}}</ref> || (2016–2021)
|-
| Secretary || All India Congress Committee <ref name="AICC Secretaries"/>|| (2022–Till date)

|-
| Minister for IT, E&C, Industries & Commerce, Legislative Affairs || Government of Telangana || (2023–Till date)

|-
|}

==References==
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