Vem Narender Reddy

Vem Narender Reddy is an Indian politician from Telangana. He is a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) and serves as a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha, the Upper House of the Parliament of India, representing Telangana. He previously served as a Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, representing the Mahabubabad Assembly constituency. He is a senior leader of the Indian National Congress.

Political career Vem Narender Reddy started his political journey with the Telugu Desam Party and contested elections from Mahabubabad Assembly constituency in 2004 Assembly polls and elected as MLA. He Unsuccessfully contested by elections held in 2010 for Warangal West Assembly constituency. In 2015 he contested as MLC under TDP ticket and lost.

Narender Reddy resigned from the primary membership From TDP party 28 October 2017 later joined the Indian National Congress on 31 October 2017 along with Revanth Reddy in the presence of AICC Vice-president Rahul Gandhi at New Delhi. On 26 June 2021, he was appointed as vice president of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC).

Narender Reddy have been appointed as coordination and administration, Election Commission rules and regulations, calendar programmer and intimations and organization and coordination with DCC presidents and mandal committees in 2023 Assembly Elections. He was appointed as Advisor to Chief Minister (Public Affairs) by Government of Telangana in the rank and status of Minister of State in the state on 20 January 2024.

On 4 March 2026, Vem Narender Reddy was announced as the Congress party candidate from Telangana for the 2026 Rajya Sabha elections, which he won unopposed.

Elections contested Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Controversies A case was registered against him in connection with the cash for vote scam on 30 May 2015. When he was contesting as MLC from TDP, the other TDP MLA Revanth Reddy caught by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials while he was trying to give cash to the Nominated MLA Elvis Stephenson for voting in Favour of Vem Narender Reddy.