Gummadi Anuradha, Adivasi academic relies on the legacy of her father, five-time MLA Gummadi Narsaiah in Yellandu

.Gummadi Anuradha, Telangana's first Adivasi female Asst Prof of Law, is contesting as an independent from Yellandu Assembly constituency. Backed by CPI (ML-New Democracy), she is campaigning to improve the lot of ST-reserved constituency, vowing to defeat those relying on money power. She is highlighting unresolved issues such as steel plant in Bayyaram, formation of new mandals, and basic facilities in tribal habitations.

Thirtyeight-year-old Gummadi Anuradha, Telangana’s first Adivasi female Assistant Professor of Law, is banking on the legacy of her father Gummadi Narsaiah, a five-time MLA from the Yellandu Assembly constituency, to succeed in her maiden electoral debut.

The Adivasi academic is trying her luck in politics by entering the poll fray as an independent from the ST-reserved Yellandu Assembly constituency, represented by her father Gummadi Narsaiah for five terms, in Bhadradri Kothagudem district.

She is backed by the CPI (Marxist-Leninist) Prajapandha which holds considerable sway in the constituency, an erstwhile stronghold of the CPI (ML-New Democracy). In all, 20 candidates are in the fray from Yellandu seat for the November 30 Telangana Assembly polls. The contestants in the fray include sitting MLA Banoth Haripriya Naik of the BRS, Koram Kanakaiah of the Congress and Dharavath Ravinder Naik of the BJP.

The constituency headquarters Yellandu is considered as the birth place of the 134-year-old Singareni Collieries Company Limited.

A native of Tekulagudem village in Karepalli mandal, Ms. Anuradha went on to become a faculty member at the prestigious Osmania University in 2017. She completed her PhD on the topic “Tribal Property Rights” from OU the same year.

She forayed into electoral politics on the slogan to “usher in change and clean politics to improve the lot of people of the ST-reserved Yellandu Assembly constituency.”

She found a star campaigner in her 65-year-old father Gummadi Narsaiah, known for his impeccable integrity and simplicity, as she hit the campaign trail accompanied by her father to reach out to voters in every nook and corner of the constituency.