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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Haripriya Banoth
| image = Haripriya Banoth 2018.jpg
| caption = Banoth campaigning at [[Yellandu]] in 2018
| education = [[M. Tech.]] in [[computer science]] from [[JNTUH]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1985|5|1}}
| birth_place = [[Kothagudem]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
| birth_name = Haripriya Badavath
| spouse = {{marriage|Hari Singh Banoth|2002}}
| children =
| office = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 12 December 2018
| constituency = [[Yellandu (Assembly constituency)|Yellandu]]
| predecessor = Kanakaiah Koram
| office1 =
| office2 =
| father =
| relatives =
| party = [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] (2019–present)
| otherparty = [[Telugu Desam Party]] (2014–2017)<br />[[Indian National Congress]] (2017–2019)
| residence = [[Tekulapalli]], [[Telangana]], India
}}
'''Haripriya Banoth''' ([[née]] '''Badavath'''; born 1 May 1985) is an Indian politician serving as an [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] representing the [[Yellandu (Assembly constituency)|Yellandu constituency]] in the [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]] since 2018. She was elected from the [[Indian National Congress]] but later joined the [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] in 2019. At the age of 33 when elected, Banoth is the youngest member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly.

== Early and personal life ==
Haripriya Badavath was born on 1 May 1985 in [[Kothagudem]] of present-day [[Telangana]] (then in [[Andhra Pradesh]]) to Seetharam and Darjan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Member's Profile - SMT. HARIPRIYA BANOTH|url=https://www.telanganalegislature.org.in/web/legislative-assembly/members-information?p_auth=A0kQVRkH&p_p_id=AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_count=1&_AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet_const_id=111&_AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet_javax.portlet.action=getMemberDetails&_AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet_mem_id=3399&_AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet_term_id=15|url-status=live|access-date=9 September 2021|website=[[Telangana Legislature]]}}</ref> Her father used to work in the [[Singareni Collieries Company]]. She was married to Hari Singh Banoth of [[Tekulapalli]] immediately after completing her [[Pre-university course|intermediate education]] in 2002.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=26 May 2019|title=సేవలోనూ ‘సగం’|trans-title=One half in service|url=https://www.sakshi.com/news/politics/mla-haripriya-life-store-special-interview-1192590|url-status=live|website=[[Sakshi (newspaper)|Sakshi]]|language=te}}</ref> However, with her husband's encouragement, she completed her graduation with [[B. Tech]] and later obtained post-graduation with [[M. Tech.|M. Tech]] in [[computer science]] from the [[Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad]] (JNTUH).<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /> In 2006, they started Hari Singh Education Institutions which has four private schools and four [[Junior college|junior colleges]] in Tekulapalli and [[Hyderabad]].<ref name=":1" /> She lives at Tekulapalli, Telangana.<ref name=":0" />

In June 2021, Banoth announced that she would adopt two orphaned children from [[Yellandu]] who lost both their parents at a young age, on a response to the minister [[K. T. Rama Rao]]{{'s}} tweet.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kala|first=Surya|date=11 June 2021|title=తల్లిదండ్రులను కోల్పోయిన ఇద్దరు పిల్లల్ని దత్తత తీసుకున్న టీఆర్ఎస్ ఎమ్మెల్యే|trans-title=TRS MLA adopts two orphaned children who lost their parents|url=https://tv9telugu.com/telangana/yellandu-trs-mla-haripriya-adopted-two-children-482765.html|url-status=live|website=[[TV9 Telugu]]|language=te}}</ref>

== Career ==
Hari Singh was an active member of the [[Telugu Desam Party]] (TDP) which influenced Haripriya to join the politics. For the [[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]], the TDP chief [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]] nominated Haripriya Banoth to represent the [[Yellandu (Assembly constituency)|Yellandu constituency]] from TDP as the party felt that an educated person would have a better chance at winning the seat.<ref name=":1" /> However, she was defeated by the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) candidate Kanakaiah Koram by a margin of 11,507 votes.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=9 December 2018|title=Yellandu Assembly Election: TRS' Kanakaiah Koram to face BJP's Naaga Sravanthi Mokalla|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/telangana-election/article/yellandu-assembly-constituency-election-2018-trs-kanakaiah-koram-bjp-naaga-sravanthi-mokalla-legislative-poll-kcr-kalvakuntla-chandrashekar-rao-tdp/324149|url-status=live|website=[[Times Now]]}}</ref>

In 2017, following the [[Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014|statehood of Telangana]], Banoth joined Indian National Congress in the hope of contesting from the party.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=27 September 2018|title=కాంగ్రెస్ ఆశావహుల ఆశలు ఫలించేనా?|trans-title=Will the Congress candidates succeed?|url=http://andhrabhoomi.net/content/kmm-2852|url-status=live|website=[[Andhra Bhoomi]]|language=te}}</ref> In the [[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election]], Banoth was elected as a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) from Yellandu by narrowly defeating the incumbent Kanakaiah Koram of the [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi]] (TRS) with a margin of 2,887 votes.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=12 December 2018|title=Telangana election results: Pretty in pink|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2018/dec/12/pretty-in-pink-1910383.html|url-status=live|website=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref> Elected at the age of 33, Banoth became the youngest MLA in the [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Suares|first=Coreena|date=14 December 2018|title=Telangana has most qualified MLAs|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/141218/telangana-has-most-qualified-mlas.html|url-status=live|website=[[Deccan Chronicle]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=17 January 2019|title=Newly elected members of second Telangana Assembly take oath|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/newly-elected-members-of-second-telangana-assembly-take-oath/article26018378.ece|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

In February 2019, Banoth carried out a [[hunger strike]] for 36 hours demanding the establishment of steel plant in [[Bayyaram]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chilukuri|first=Arun|date=13 February 2019|title=ఎమ్మెల్యే 36 గంటల ఉక్కుదీక్ష|trans-title=MLA's 36-hour strike for steel|url=https://www.hmtvlive.com/just-in/yellandu-mla-banoth-haripriya-hunger-strike-for-bayyaram-steel-plant-16243|url-status=live|website=[[HMTV]]|language=te}}</ref> In March 2019, she joined the Telangana Rashtra Samithi citing "the interest of her constituency's development" as the reason.<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 March 2019|title=Another blow for Telangana Congress as MLA B Haripriya defects to TRS|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/another-blow-telangana-congress-mla-b-haripriya-defects-trs-98086|url-status=live|website=[[The News Minute]]}}</ref>

== Political statistics ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Election results
!Year
!Election
!Constituency
!Party
!Opponent
!Majority
!Result
!{{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
|2014
|[[2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]]
|[[Yellandu (Assembly constituency)|Yellandu]]
|[[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]
|Kanakaiah Koram ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
| -11507
|{{lost}}
|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|2018
|[[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|Telangana Legislative Assembly election]]
|[[Yellandu (Assembly constituency)|Yellandu]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|Kanakaiah Koram ([[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]])
|2887
|{{won}}
|<ref name=":3" />
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1985 births]]
[[Category:Telangana politicians]]
[[Category:Telangana Rashtra Samithi politicians]]
[[Category:Telugu Desam Party politicians]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Telangana]]
[[Category:Women in Telangana politics]]
[[Category:Telangana MLAs 2018–2023]]
[[Category:Women members of the Telangana Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:People from Bhadradri Kothagudem district]]

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