Paritala Ravindra
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| Born |
30 August 1958 Venkatapuram, Anantapur district, India |
| Died | Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Residence | Anantapur district, India |
| Occupation | MLA, Former AP Cabinet Minister |
| Political party | Telugu Desam Party |
| Spouse(s) | Paritala Sunitha |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | http://www.paritalaravi.com/ |
Paritala Ravindra (Telugu: ; 30 August 1958 – 24 January 2005), popularly known as "Paritala Ravi", was an Indian politician in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
He was a former cabinet minister in Andhra Pradesh and a sitting Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was assassinated by his political rivals in 2005. He started as a communist in the footsteps of his father who donated his land to poor people and later entered electoral politics by joining the Telugu Desam Party. He was elected five times as Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Penukonda constituency in Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh.
Ravi's father, Paritala Sreeramulu, was a Naxalite leader, and was close to Kondapalli Seetharamaiah of the then-monolithic People’s War Group. In 1975, Gangula Narayana Reddy, a factionist, Congress MLA and Sane Chenna Reddy, another factionist, killed Sreeramulu. Ravi was seventeen years old when his father was killed. Ravi and his brother, Paritala Hari, escaped the attack.
After losing his father and brother, Ravi wanted to take shelter from his rivals. He went to his maternal uncle, Kondaiah, in Seerpi Kottaala village of Uravakonda Constituency to take shelter. He married his uncle's daughter Suneetha in 1986 and took up cultivation. Ravi was one of the accused in the murder of Gangula Narayana Reddy, Narsanna and Yaadi Reddy.
After Narayana Reddy was killed, Ramachandra Reddy of the Telugu Desam Party became MLA from Penugonda in 1983 and 1985. In the 1989 elections, the Congress formed the government in the state. Sane Chenna Reddy became MLA of Penugonda by defeating Ramachandra Reddy of the TDP. Ravi wanted to avenge the deaths of his father and brother. He allied himself with Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War (PWG) who were ready to help Ravi and so plotted against Chenna Reddy. Sane Chenna Reddy, who was conspirator in his father's and brother's deaths was killed in Kannumukkala village in 1991. By-elections were conducted and Ramana Reddy, son of Chenna Reddy, became MLA in 1991.
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