Budi Mutyala Naidu (born 1964) is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He won the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election from Madugula Constituency in Visakhapatnam district on the YSR Congress Party ticket. He held the post of Deputy Chief Minister.[2] He lost the Anakapalli MP seat as a YSR Congress Party candidate in the 2024 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh.[2][3]

Budi Mutyala Naidu
9th Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh[1]
In office
11 April 2022 – 11 June 2024
Governor
Chief MinisterY. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Preceded by
Succeeded byKonidela Pawan Kalyan
Member of Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
In office
2014–2024
Preceded byGavireddi Rama Naidu
Succeeded byBandaru Satyanarayana Murthi
Constituency Madugula

Early life and education

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Naidu was born in Taruva village, Anakapalli. His late father Venku Naidu and his wife Ramanamma were farmers.[4] He is from Velama community. He studied intermediate (plus two) at G. J. College, Devarapalli.[5][6]

Career

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Naidu started his political career in 1984 and soon became the president of the Youth Congress, a wing of the Indian National Congress.[5] Later, he became Gram Sarpanch of Taruva village and ZPTC chairman of Devarapalli.[6] After the Indian National Congress he shifted to the YSR Congress Party and became an MLA in 2014, winning the Madugula seat.[7] He won the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election defeating Gavireddi Ramanaidu of the Telugu Desam Party by a margin of 4,761 votes. He was re-elected from Madugula as YSRCP candidate in 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Election defeating Gavireddi Ramanaidu of the TDP by a margin of 16,392 votes. He later became the Government Whip and one of the Deputy Chief Ministers.[8][9] In April 2022, he was nominated as the state Panchayat Raj minister and was also made one of the Deputy Chief Ministers.[10][11] In the 2024 Indian general election in Andhra Pradesh he lost to C. M. Ramesh of the BJP by a margin of 2,96,530 votes.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Andhra Pradesh cabinet expansion: 70% berths go to backwards; 14 new ministers to take oath today"
  2. ^ a b "YSRCP announces Budi Mutyala Naidu as candidate for Anakapalli Lok Sabha seat, his daughter for Madugula Assembly seat". The Hindu. 26 March 2024. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  3. ^ Bandari, Pavan (26 March 2024). "YSRCP announces Anakapalli Lok Sabha candidate, Dy. CM Budi Mutyala Naidu to be in fray". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  4. ^ "వైఎస్సార్‌సీపీ దళపతులు". Sakshi (in Telugu). 18 March 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Budi Mutyala Naidu | Govt.Whip | MLA | Madugula | Andhra Pradesh". 4 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  6. ^ a b Telugu, 10TV; chvmurthy (11 April 2022). "AP Cabinet : ఏపీలో మంత్రులకు శాఖల కేటాయింపు". 10TV Telugu (in Telugu). Retrieved 16 April 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ విజేతలు | Sakshi". www.sakshi.com (in Telugu). Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  8. ^ Potnuru, Vasu (11 September 2023). "Devarapalli gets new village secretariat". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  9. ^ "D for detente: Chhattisgarh turns to the tried and tested Dy CM formula". The Indian Express. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  10. ^ "AP Cabinet Ministers 2022 Portfolios Complete Detail - Sakshi". 11 April 2022. Archived from the original on 11 April 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Amaravati will not develop even with Rs 1 lakh crore investment: Deputy CM Mutyala Naidu". The Times of India. 8 October 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Anakapalli lok sabha election results 2024: Anakapalli Winning Candidates List and Vote Share". India Today. Retrieved 20 October 2024.