Silpa Mohan Reddy
Silpa Mohan Reddy is the Ex-Minister for Housing, Govt of AP, India. He has been elected as an MLA from Nandyal constituency for the second consecutive time. He is also the co-founder of silpa real estates.
Politics
Silpa was nominated as a board member of NG Ranga Agricultural University. He received the prestigious National citizens Award by the central Govt. He was honoured with Mother Teresa to be felicitated with this award.[1] He later joined Congress Party under the leadership of Dr. Y.S.Raja Sekhar Reddy. With his assurance he constrained to Nandyal constituency politics. In 2000 municipal elections he was denied the ticket. Between 2000 and 2004 he participated with many agitations of farmers. He became the honorary president of Nandi Raithu Samakhya. In 2003 he fought for the release of irrigation water from Srisailam Reservoir along with SPY Reddy the then municipal chairman of Nandyal. When YSR started the famous Paadayathra in 2003, Silpa also started in Nandyal Constituency. GP reddy of Eenadu has given wide coverage on the yaathra.[2] In 2004 Assembly elections he procured congress party ticket and won with record 49500 votes majority over the then TDP minister NMD Farooq. He and his brother Silpa Chakrapani Reddy founded Silpa Seva Samithi in Nandyal by which they started helping the poor with noninterest financing. In 2009 elections once again he won the polls with over 32000 votes on AV Subba Reddy.[3] He is taken into the cabinet of YSR and was given the portfolio of Minister of Housing.
He is Ex-min now