Talasani Srinivas Yadav

Talasani Srinivas Yadav (born 6 October 1965) is an Indian politician who is the former Minister for Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Cinematography of Telangana since 2019. He is an MLA from Sanathnagar Assembly constituency. Previously he represented from Secunderabad Assembly Constituency.

Early life Talasani Srinivas Yadav was born on 6 October 1965, in Hyderabad, Telangana to Venkatesham Yadav and Lalitha Bai. Talasani completed his intermediate education. He is married to Suvarna, and the couple has one son and two daughters.

Political life Talasani entered into politics by contesting as Monda Market corporator in 1986 as Janata party candidate but lost. Srinivas Yadav joined Telugu Desam Party and contested from Secunderabad Assembly constituency in 1994 and won as MLA. In 1999 assembly elections, Talasani defeated Mary Ravindranath of Congress Party and became Minister for labour, tourism in the Andhra Pradesh Government in Nara Chandrababu Naidu's Cabinet.

In 2004 Assembly elections he was defeated by T. Padma Rao Goud who has contested from Telangana Rastra Samithi. Srinivas Yadav again contested in 2008 Assembly by elections defeating his nearest Congress Party candidate Pitla Krishna by 18,067 votes and in 2009 Andhra Pradesh assembly elections he contested from same constituency and lost to Cine Actress and Congress candidate Jayasudha by nearly 5000 votes. In 2005 he became State Telugu Yuvata President.

After formation of Telangana State Srinivas Yadav contested in 2014 Assembly Elections from Sanath Nagar Constituency from Telugu Desam Party and won. Later on, he joined Telangana Rashtra Samithi Party in presence of Chief Minister Kalvakuntla Chandra Shekar Rao and taken Charge as Commercial Taxes Minister. In 2018 he contested from Sanath Nagar Constituency from TRS party and was elected as MLA and taken oath as State cabinet minister on 19 February 2019.

Electoral history

Year Constituency Party Votes % Opponent Opponent Party Result Margin 1994 Secunderabad TDP 45,358 55.4% Mary Ravindra Nath INC Won 20,461 1999 79,130 58.7% Mary Ravindra Nath INC Won 37,523 2004 TDP 53,930 45.4% T. Padma Rao Goud TRS Lost 3,067 2008 (By-poll) TDP 50,031 51.2% Pitla Krishna INC Won 18,067 2009 TDP 40,668 38.6% Jayasudha INC Lost 4,395 2014 Sanathnagar TDP 56,475 45.3% Dande Vithal TRS Won 27,461 2018 TRS 66,464 55.5% Kuna Venkatesh Goud TDP Won 30,651 2023 BRS 72,557 56.6% Marri Shashidhar Reddy BJP Won 41,827

Cabinet roles

Tenure Ministry Chief Minister Government / State 1999 – 2001 Minister for Labour and Employment N. Chandrababu Naidu United Andhra Pradesh 2001 – 2004 Minister for Tourism, Culture, and Archaeology 2014 – 2016 Minister for Commercial Taxes and Cinematography K. Chandrashekar Rao Telangana 2016 – 2018 Minister for Animal Husbandry, Fisheries, Dairy Development, and Cinematography 2019 – 2023