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'''Kollu Ravindra''' is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh who served as [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)| MLA]] for [[Machilipatnam (Assembly constituency)]] from 2014 until his defeat in 2019. He has also held cabinet ministerial position during his tenure as an MLA.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kollu Ravindra |url=https://nocorruption.in/politician/kollu-ravindra/ |website=nocorruption.in |access-date=5 January 2022}}</ref><br />
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== Political life ==<br />
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Kollu Ravindra entered politics in 1998 as Youth President of the [[Telugu Desam Party]] in [[Machilipatnam]], a position he held for ten years.{{Citation needed|date=April 2017}} He was then given the TDP ticket in [[Machilipatnam (Assembly constituency)|Machilipatnam]] for the May 2009 Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections. He lost that election by 9,300 votes to the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] candidate Perni Venkataramaiah. Five years later in 2014, he defeated the same Perni Venkataramaiah by 15,800 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/andhra-pradesh/assembly-constituencies/machilipatnam.html |title=Sitting and previous MLAs from Machilipatnam Assembly Constituency |website=elections.in |access-date=1 April 2017}}</ref> He then entered the [[Andhra pradesh cabinet ministers list|Andhra Pradesh Cabinet]] with two portfolios: Handlooms & Excise and BC Welfare and Empowerment. Following a cabinet reshuffle in April 2017, he was appointed Minister for Law & Justice, Skill Development, Youth, Sports, Unemployment Benefits, NRI Empowerment and Relations.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/portfolios-allocated-to-new-ap-ministers-lokesh-gets-it-and/1020662 |title=Portfolios allocated to new AP ministers; Lokesh gets IT and |newspaper=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |date=3 April 2017 |access-date=8 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ap.gov.in/government/council-of-ministers/ |title=Council of Ministers |website=AP State Portal |access-date=8 April 2017}}</ref><br />
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In March 2015, Kollu Ravindra started Sparsha, a charity dedicated to the education of poor people in Machilipatnam.{{Citation needed|date=April 2017}}<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
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Kollu Ravindra is married and having two sons.{{Citation needed|date=April 2017}} His father-in-law is former Andhra Pradesh Cabinet Minister Nadakuditi Narasimha Rao.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140608/nation-current-affairs/article/chandrababu-naidu%E2%80%99s-cabinet-ayyanna-ganta-be-ministers |title=Chandrababu Naidu's Cabinet: Ayyanna, Ganta to be ministers |newspaper=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |date=8 June 2014 |access-date=1 April 2017}}</ref><br />
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