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Arekapudi Gandhi
Office Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly





Term start 2 June 2014


Predecessor M. Bikshapathi Yadav




Constituency Serilingampally








Political party Indian National Congress
(2024-present)




Occupation Politician


Arekapudi Gandhi (born 12 June 1961) is a member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly from Serilingampally Assembly constituency since the 2014 Legislative Assembly election.[1] He won as a Member of the Legislative Assembly representing Telugu Desam Party in the 2014 Legislative Assembly election and later joined Bharat Rashtra Samithi.[2]

He served as whip in the 2nd Telangana Assembly.[3] He defected to Congress on 13 July 2024[4] and was appointed Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman on 9 September 2024.[5][6][7]

References

  1. SRI AREKAPUDI GANDHI. legislature.telangana.gov.in. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  2. Two More TDP MLAs to Join TRS. The New Indian Express(2016-03-09).
  3. Vinay Bhaskar to be chief whip in Telangana Assembly. The New Indian Express(2019-09-08).
  4. BRS MLA Arekapudi Gandhi joins Congress in Telangana. Deccan Herald(2024-07-13).
  5. Telangana Assembly Speaker constitutes Financial Committees; Arekapudi Gandhi appointed as chairman of Committee on Public Accounts(10 September 2024). Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  6. Gandhi Named Chairman of PAC(9 September 2024). Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  7. Arekapudi Gandhi, a defector, made Public Accounts Committee chairman(10 September 2024). Retrieved 10 September 2024.