Taneti Vanitha

Taneti Vanitha is an Indian politician, former Minister of Home Affairs, Prisons, Fire Services and Disaster Management in the Government of Andhra Pradesh and a Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Kovvur, West Godavari district. She got the majority of about 25,000 votes in the 2019 Indian general election. She served as the Minister of Home, Prisons, and Fire Services of Andhra Pradesh from 2022 to 2024.

Career Vanitha was elected as MLA for Gopalapuram on the Telugu Desam Party ticket but defected to the YSR Congress party in November 2012. She came out of TDP due to its stand on Andhra Pradesh bifurcation and then joined YSR Congress Party. In 2019, she contested from Kovvuru as YSRCP candidate and won with a majority of 25,000 votes and was appointed Minister of Women and Child Welfare in Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy ministry. In April 2022 cabinet reshuffle, Vanitha was appointed Minister for Home and Disaster Management.