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{{Short description|Indian politician from Telangana}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kumbam Anil Kumar Reddy
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|2|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = Valigonda, [[Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district]], [[Telangana]], [[India]]
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| office = Member of [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 3 December 2023
| predecessor = [[Pailla Shekar Reddy]]
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| constituency = [[Bhongir (Assembly constituency)|Bhongir]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| other_party = [[Bharat Rashtra Samithi|BRS]] (July 2023 - September 2023)
| spouse = Jyothi Reddy
| children = Keerthi Reddy<ref name="Of High Spirits and Devotion">{{cite news |last1=You and I |title=Of High Spirits and Devotion |url=https://www.youandi.com/high-spirits-and-devotion/ |access-date=8 February 2024 |date=10 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208140846/https://www.youandi.com/high-spirits-and-devotion/ |archive-date=8 February 2024}}</ref>
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| father = Srinivas Reddy
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'''Kumbam Anil Kumar Reddy''' is an Indian politician from [[Telangana]]. He was elected as member of the [[Telangana Legislative Assembly]] from [[Bhongir (Assembly constituency)|Bhongir constituency]] in '''[[Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district]]''' in [[2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2023 Telangana Assembly elections]].<ref name="Election Commission of India - Bhongir">{{cite news|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenDecNew2023/candidateswise-S2994.htm|title=Election Commission of India - Bhongir|date=6 December 2023|work=|access-date=6 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206182028/https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultGenDecNew2023/candidateswise-S2994.htm|archive-date=6 December 2023}}</ref>

==Political career==
Anil Kumar began his political career with [[Indian National Congress]] and he unsuccessfully contested in 2018 on [[Indian National Congress]] Ticket from Bhongir Assembly seat in 2018 and was runner-up with over 60,000 votes with a vote share of 35.45 percent. he was appointed as [[Yadadri Bhuvanagiri|Yadadri Bhuvanagir]] DCC President had left the Congress owing to local politics which were influenced by Bhongir MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy on 24 July 2023 and joined the ruling BRS in the presence of Chief Minister [[Kalvakuntla Chandra Shekhar Rao|K. Chandra Shekhar Rao]].<ref name="CM KCR admits Yadadri DCC president in BRS">{{cite news |newspaper=Deccan Chronicle |first1= |title=CM KCR admits Yadadri DCC president in BRS |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/250723/cm-kcr-admits-yadadri-dcc-president-in-brs.html |access-date=8 February 2024 |work= |date=25 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208140800/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/250723/cm-kcr-admits-yadadri-dcc-president-in-brs.html |archive-date=8 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

Anil Kumar Two months after joining the ruling BRS switched over to the Congress party on in the presence of TPCC chief [[A.Revanth Reddy|A. Revanth Reddy]] on 25 September.<ref name="Kumbham Anil set to return to Congress just 2 months after joining BRS">{{cite news|newspaper=The Hindu|first1=|title=Kumbham Anil set to return to Congress just 2 months after joining BRS|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/kumbham-anil-set-to-return-to-congress-just-2-months-after-joining-brs/article67345879.ece|accessdate=6 December 2023|date=25 September 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206182805/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/kumbham-anil-set-to-return-to-congress-just-2-months-after-joining-brs/article67345879.ece|archivedate=6 December 2023|language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name="Revanth Welcomes Ex-Cong DCC Prez into Party Fold">{{cite news |newspaper=Deccan Chronicle |first1= |date=25 September 2023 |title=Revanth Welcomes Ex-Cong DCC Prez into Party Fold |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/250923/revanth-welcomes-ex-cong-dcc-prez-into-party-fold.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208125104/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/250923/revanth-welcomes-ex-cong-dcc-prez-into-party-fold.html |archive-date=8 February 2024 |access-date=8 February 2024 |work= |language=en}}</ref> He contested the [[2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election]] from the [[Bhongir (Assembly constituency)|Bhongir]] Constituency and won by a margin of 26201 votes, defeating [[Bharat Rashtra Samithi|BRS]] candidate [[Pailla Shekar Reddy]].<ref name="Election Commission of India - Bhongir" />

== References ==
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Telangana]]
[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian politicians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Telangana MLAs 2023–2028]]

Kumbam Anil Kumar Reddy - Revision history

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