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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kadiyam Kavya
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|04|10}}
| birth_place = [[Warangal]]
| alma_mater = Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad
| death_date =
| death_place =
| constituency = [[Warangal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Warangal]]
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start = 2024
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Pasunoori Dayakar]]
| successor =
| party = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| other_party = [[Bharat Rashtra Samithi|BRS]]
| source = https://sansad.in/ls/members/biographyM/5783?from=members
| spouse = Dr. Md. Nazeerulla Shaik (m.26 August 2007)
| children = 2 Daughters
| parents = [[Kadiyam Srihari]], Kadiyam Vinayarani
}}

'''Kadiyam Kavya''' is an Indian politician and the elected candidate for [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Warangal Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref name="2024 Warangal Loksabha Election Results">{{cite news |last1=Election Commission of India |title=2024 Warangal Loksabha Election Results |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S2915.htm |accessdate=4 June 2024 |date=4 June 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604142022/https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S2915.htm |archivedate=4 June 2024}}</ref> She is the daughter of senior politician [[Kadiyam Srihari]]<ref>{{Cite news |title= Kadiyam Srihari, daughter Kavya desert BRS, join Congress|newspaper=The Hindu |date=31 March 2024 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/kadiyam-srihari-daughter-kavya-desert-brs-join-congress/article68012431.ece |last1=Reddy |first1=R. Ravikanth }}</ref><ref name="Doctors {{!}} Healthy corps">{{cite news|last1=India Today|title=Doctors {{!}} Healthy corps|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-doctors-healthy-corps-2565856-2024-07-13|accessdate=9 November 2024|date=13 July 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241109153202/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/18th-lok-sabha-the-debutants/story/20240722-doctors-healthy-corps-2565856-2024-07-13|archivedate=9 November 2024|language=en}}</ref>

==Political career==
Kavya was inspired by her father [[Kadiyam Srihari]]'s political legacy and she was active in public life for years through her charitable organisation Kadiyam Foundation.<ref name="A doctor's grit to bring in a change:Warangal">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=A doctor's grit to bring in a change:Warangal |url=https://www.thehansindia.com/telangana/a-doctors-grit-to-bring-in-a-changewarangal-532965 |access-date=25 October 2024 |work= |date=28 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref> The BRS had nominated Kavya to contest from [[Warangal Lok Sabha constituency|Warangal]] Lok Sabha seat, replacing the sitting MP Pasunuri Dayakar in 2024 Lok Sabha polls. After announcing her candidature she has decided to withdraw from the contest.<ref name="BRS suffers big jolt as Kadiyam Kavya opts out of Lok Sabha poll fray">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |title=BRS suffers big jolt as Kadiyam Kavya opts out of Lok Sabha poll fray |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/brs-suffers-big-jolt-as-kadiyam-kavya-opts-out-of-lok-sabha-poll-fray/article68003807.ece |access-date=25 October 2024 |date=29 March 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref> Kadiyam Kavya later joined the Congress party on March 31 in the presence of Chief Minister [[Revanth Reddy]] and AICC in-charge [[Deepa Dasmunsi|Deepa Dasmunshi]].<ref name="Former Telangana deputy CM Kadiyam, Kavya join Congress">{{cite news |last1=The New Indian Express |first1= |title=Former Telangana deputy CM Kadiyam, Kavya join Congress |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2024/Apr/01/former-telangana-deputy-cm-kadiyam-kavya-join-congress |access-date=25 October 2024 |date=1 April 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

The AICC's Central Election Committee (CEC) announced the candidature of Kadiyam Kavya on 1 April. In the 2024 general elections, Kavya of the Congress secured a decisive victory with 5,81,294 votes (45.85%), followed by Aroori Ramesh of the BJP with 3,60,955 votes (28.47%), and Dr. Marapally Sudheer Kumar of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi with 2,32,033 votes (18.3%).<ref name="2024 Warangal Loksabha Election Results2">{{cite news |last1=Election Commission of India |date=4 June 2024 |title=2024 Warangal Loksabha Election Results |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S2915.htm |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604142022/https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S2915.htm |archivedate=4 June 2024 |accessdate=4 June 2024}}</ref> Kadiyam Kavya won Warangal Parliamentary (SC) seat with a huge majority of 2,20,339 by defeating her nearest rival BJP's Aroori Ramesh.

==See also==
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* [[18th Lok Sabha]]

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