Y. S. Avinash Reddy : Political career, Criminal conspiracy in the murder of Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Y. S. Avinash Reddy

Member of the 16th Lok Sabha

Y. S. Avinash Reddy

Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 May 2019
Preceded by	(Vacant) Resigned Himself for Special Status
Constituency	Kadapa
In office 16 May 2014 – 20 June 2018
Preceded by	Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
Succeeded by	Resigned Himself for Special Status (Vacant)
Constituency	Kadapa

Personal details
Born	(1984-08-27) 27 August 1984 (age 39) Pulivendula, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh
Political party	YSR Congress Party
Spouse	Y. S. Samatha
Children	2
Relatives	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy (cousin) Y. S. Sharmila (cousin) Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy (uncle)
Residence(s)	Pulivendula, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh
Alma mater	St. Joseph's College of Engineering (B.Tech), University of Worcester (M.B.A.)
As of 7 December, 2016 Source: [1]

Y. S. Avinash Reddy is an Indian politician who is the Member of Parliament in 16th Lok Sabha and 17th Lok Sabha from Kadapa (Lok Sabha constituency), Andhra Pradesh. He won the Indian general elections of 2014 and 2019 being a YSR Congress Party candidate.

Political career

In April 2018, he along with his party MPs resigned for their posts in protest for not giving special status to Andhra Pradesh and issued a no-confidence notice on the government.^[1]^[2]^[3]

General Elections 2014

General Election, 2014: Kadapa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Avinash Reddy	671,983	55.95	-11.20
	TDP	Reddeppagari Srinivasa Reddy	481,660	40.10	+27.53
	INC	Ajaya Kumar Veena	14,319	1.19	-13.03
	BSP	Malikireddy Hanumantha Reddy	5,515	0.46	N/A
	JD(U)	Yellipalem Ramesh Reddy	3,809	0.32	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,058	0.50	N/A
Majority			190,323	15.85	-44.74
Turnout			1,200,662	77.45	-0.08
	YSRCP hold		Swing	-11.20

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Kadapa
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	YSRCP	Y. S. Avinash Reddy	783,499	63.79	+7.84
	TDP	C Adinarayana Reddy	402,773	32.79	-7.31
	NOTA	None of the Above	14,692	1.2
Majority			380,726	31.00
Turnout			1,235,987	78.68
	YSRCP hold		Swing	+8.00

Criminal conspiracy in the murder of Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy

Avinash Reddy was summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on criminal conspiracy ^[4] related to the murder of Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy, who has been brutally murdered and found at his residence in Kadapa on 15 March 2019. The death was first reported as a heart attack but later found to be a murder which led to further suspicion.^[5]^[6] The murder took place few weeks before the 2019 Andhra Pradesh General Elections. Along with his father Bhaskar Reddy, Avinash Reddy has been accused of conspiracy in the murder of Bhasker Reddy's cousin Vivekananda Reddy, based on a list of suspects submitted by the victim’s daughter Suneetha Nareddy.^[7] The CBI has sent a notice to Avinash Reddy to attend the inquiry on 19 May 2023.^[4]^[8]^[9]

References

^ "5 YSR Congress MPs resign from Lok Sabha, challenge TDP to do same". The Economic Times. 6 April 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
^ "YSRC's Avinash Reddy placed under house arrest". The Times of India. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
^ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Avinash Reddy summoned for CBI questioning on May 19". 17 May 2023 – via www.thehindu.com.
^ "YS Jagan's uncle YS Vivekananda Reddy dies of heart attack in Kadapa". The Times of India. 15 March 2019. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
^ Bureau, The Hindu (14 February 2023). "Andhra Pradesh: Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy was murdered to gain sympathy for YSRCP, alleges TDP". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
^ "Viveka murder case: CBI arrests MP Avinash Reddy's father Bhaskar Reddy".
^ "YS Avinash Reddy to appear before CBI for inquiry in YS Viveka's murder case". www.thehansindia.com. 19 May 2023.
^ "YS Avinash Reddy: CBI likely to arrest Kadapa MP, heavy police deployment in Kurnool | Amaravati News - Times of India". M.timesofindia.com. 1 January 1970. Retrieved 23 May 2023.