This YSRCP MLA is different. He has issues with his own party leaders but has good relations with the leaders from other parties. He loves to interact with the leaders from the other parties, but finds the going tough in his party. No marks for guessing who the MLA is. It is Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy of Nellore rural.

Kotamreddy has won twice from the constituency, but has some issues with his own party leaders. Internal party politics have seen the YSRCP leaders complain against Kotamreddy to the police. They accused him of helping the betting rings in the town. Kotamreddy was arrested in this connection. Since then, Kotamreddy’s relations with some of his party members are icy cold.

Sources say that the chances of his getting a party ticket in 2024 are remote. Realising this, Kotamreddy is preparing for the future politics. He has begun saying that Venkaiah Naidu is his icon in politics and that he grew up listening to Venkaiah’s speeches. Recently, he met the Amaravati protesters and enquired about the facilities available to them. He met Amaravati farmers at a time when his own party MLAs and leaders were strongly opposing the yatra and are trying to put spokes in the way of the yatra.

Sources say that a report has already been sent to the party leadership over Kotamreddy’s sympathy towards the Amaravati yatris. The report also said that the MLA has issues with ministers Mekapati Goutham Reddy and Anil Kumar Yadav.

The Nellore town police booked a case against Nellore Rural MLA Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy for allegedly assaulting senior journalist N. Dolendra. The case was registered based on a complaint made by the journalist. Dolendra has been Editor of Jameen Rythu weekly which is a long-established popular edition. There has been long-standing personal enmity between the MLA and the editor.

The assault created sensation in political and journalist circles in the state. Dolendra told the visiting journalists and police that the MLA along with his followers forced their way into his house in Magunta Layout residential locality. They first talked indecently and later the MLA himself made the assault followed by his activists.

Dolendra said that there was a woman professor who was witness to the incident. Interestingly, the woman professor is a relative of Kotamreddy. Dolendra has been a highly connected journalist and he is considered an advisor to Nellore MP Adala Prabhakar Reddy. YCP leaders have already issued warnings to him several times as his paper wrote controversial stories against the Jaganmohan Reddy government since the beginning.

In a twist of the turn of events, a case has been booked against YSRCP MLA Kotamreddy for his involvement in cricket booking, said police sources. Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy has been elected to the AP Assembly from Nellore district.

A special investigation report pertaining to Kotamreddy’s involvement in cricket betting has been submitted to AP DGP Malakondayya by Nellore SP Ramakrishna. The AP DGP has transferred the case to ACB along with the investigation report. This isn’t the first time Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy’s name has been heard in the cricket betting cases.

The police managed to find crucial evidence of Kotamreddy meeting famous bookie Krishna Singh in few hotels in Vijayawada. The related CCTV footage, hotel bills, and other preliminary evidence against the MLA has been well documented by the police bosses.

‘During our investigation, we found out that Krishna Singh took asylum under Kotamreddy after a lookout notice was issued against him. Kotamreddy was handed over Rs 23 lakhs via an individual named Vishnuvardhan Reddy after he helped Krishna Singh to surrender in the court’, said a police officer.
With elections in a year, MLA Kotamreddy’s arrest could be a big blow to the YSRCP party in the Nellore district.