Archive · 4 Sep 2026
Konda Surekha’s Eventful Political Career Ends With Cabinet Dismissal
Konda Surekha has been involved in politics for more than 30 years.
She first held a local government position in 1995.
She became a state legislator in 1999.
In 2009, she became a minister in the Cabinet of undivided Andhra Pradesh.
After the death of Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, she joined his son’s party, the YSR Congress Party.
She later left that party and joined the Bharat Rashtra Samithi before returning to the Indian National Congress.
She won the Warangal East seat again in 2023.
She became a Telangana minister on December 7, 2023, but was dismissed from the Cabinet on Thursday.
Konda Surekha was dismissed on Thursday as Telangana’s Minister for Endowments, Environment and Forests.
She began her public career as Geesukonda Mandal Parishad chairperson in 1995.
Surekha entered the Legislative Assembly in 1999 and retained her seat in 2004.
She joined the Cabinet of undivided Andhra Pradesh in 2009 as Women and Child Welfare Minister.
After moving between the YSR Congress Party, Bharat Rashtra Samithi and Indian National Congress, she won Warangal East again in 2023 and became a Minister on December 7.
- Who
- Konda Surekha, a Telangana politician.
- What
- She was dismissed as Telangana’s Minister for Endowments, Environment and Forests.
- When
- The dismissal occurred on Thursday; she had been sworn in as minister on December 7, 2023.
- Where
- The dismissal concerned the Telangana state Cabinet; Surekha was born in Vanchanagiri village in the former Warangal district.
- Dismissed positions
- Endowments, Environment and Forests
- Political career began
- 1995, as Geesukonda Mandal Parishad chairperson
- First Assembly election
- 1999, from Shayampet
- First ministerial role
- Women and Child Welfare Minister in undivided Andhra Pradesh in 2009
- Warangal East victories
- 2014 and 2023
- Latest ministerial appointment
- Sworn in on December 7, 2023
- Date of birth
- August 19, 1964