Konda Surekha

Konda Surekha (born 19 August 1965) is an Indian politician currently serving as the Cabinet Minister for Forest and Environment, and Endowments in the Government of Telangana. She represents Warangal East assembly constituency in the Telangana Legislative assembly. She previously represented Shyampeta and Parakala constituencies in the Telangana legislative assembly. She is a member of the Indian National Congress party.

Early life Konda Surekha was born in the city of Warangal, India to Thumma Chandramouli and Thumma Radha and married to Konda Murali.

Career Konda Surekha was elected as Mandal Parishad, in 1995. In 1996 she was appointed PCC member and in 1999 was elected as M.L.A. from Shayampet. In 1999 she became a Congress Legislature Party Treasurer, as well as being a member of Women & Child Welfare Committee, Health and Primary Education Standing committee. She was appointed AICC Member in 2000.

In 2004 she got elected as MLA –Shayampet and in 2004 was an official spokesperson for Congress party. She became Ex Officio Member, Municipal corporation, in 2005. In 2009 she got elected as Parkal MLA and was sworn in as Minister for Women Development & Child Welfare, Disabled & Juvenile Welfare.

She served as Minister for Women Development & Child Welfare, Disabled & Juvenile Welfare under Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, but resigned after YSR's death when his son Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy was not made Chief Minister, even though he has majority of MLAs support.

She resigned on 4 July 2011, her MLA seat for Jagan cause and later for YSR's name mentioned in FIR. She contested by-polls held on 12 June 2012 from Parkal assembly constituency as YSR Congress Party candidate.

She resigned from YSRC party in July 2013 citing ill-treatment from the Jagan Mohan Reddy Party people. Days before Indian general elections 2014 she joined Telangana Rashtra Samithi party and contested from Warangal-East Assembly constituency. She won as an MLA from Warangal East (Assembly constituency) with a 55,085 votes majority.

In 2018 she quit TRS party along with her husband and joined the INC.

On 7 December 2023, she took oath as the cabinet minister in Telangana and later she were assigned Environment and Forests, and Endowment portfolios on 9 december 2024 in Revanth Reddy Ministry.

Political statistics Andhra Pradesh / Telangana Legislative Assembly Year ConstituencyParty Votes % OpponentOpponent Party Opponent Votes % Result Margin % 2023 Warangal East 67,757 39.47 Errabelli Pradeep Kumar Rao 52,105 30.35 15,652 9.12 2018 Parkal 59,384 33.44 Challa Dharma Reddy 105,903 59.64 -46,519 -26.2 2014 Warangal East 88,641 59.82 Basavaraju Saraiah 33,556 22.65 55,085 37.17 2012 Parkal(by-election) 50,374 –Bikshapathy Moluguri 51,936 – -1,562 – 2009 Parkal 69,135 46.79 56,335 38.13 12,800 8.66 2004Shyampet 72,454 63.92 Premendar Reddy Gujjula 28,430 24.83 44,024 39.09 1999 43,384 44.43 Devu Sambaiah 42,813 43.85 571 0.58

Personal life Konda Surekha is married to Konda Murali, an ex-MLC and a Congress leader from Warangal district. They have one daughter.

Controversy In October 2024, Surekha sparked controversy by making unsubstantiated remarks about the Akkineni family (known for actors Akkineni Nagarjuna and Naga Chaitanya) and K.T Rama Rao, a political leader. These remarks were widely condemned as derogatory and intrusive. A defamation lawsuit was subsequently filed against Surekha.