About Mana Prashanthamma
Vemireddy Prashanthi Reddy
A story built on Commitment, Innovation, and Community service.
Kovur is like my family… I am familiar to every village, every street, and every heart here. That is why, with the blessings of the pure-hearted people of Kovur, I had the fortune of serving them as MLA for the first time. Since then, this one-year rule has continued with people’s hopes as targets and their welfare as the goal.Under the governance of Visionary Leader CM Chandrababu Naidu, encouragement from Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan, leadership of Minister Nara Lokesh, and support from MP Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy, I have led Kovur constituency towards welfare and development.
I have taken significant steps towards establishing a controversy-free and corruption-free Kovur.
Utilizing available opportunities, we have undertaken various development works in roads, water supply, electricity, and sanitation with renewed enthusiasm.
My goal is to bring schemes to the people that provide good education to every student, water to every farmer, and security and confidence to every woman.
I am working for those changes. The living standards of my constituency’s people must improve, youth must get employment, and every woman should live happily.
To the officials, coalition leaders, workers, and every individual supporting me in the goal of making Kovur an address for development in the state—my heartfelt gratitude. Your blessings and support are my strength.
Progress with Compassion
Vemireddy Prashanthi Reddy Kovur Assembly Grievance, witnessed the tears of the people firsthand. She longed to look after them with the care of a mother.
With the blessings of Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu and the encouragement of MP Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy, she achieved a grand victory as the first female MLA on the soil of Kovur, giving wings to the people’s aspirations. While sharing a mother’s love, she is also impressing big leaders in delivering development fruits to the people… shining as a ray of light for the Kovur constituency.
In this one year as MLA, she has undertaken numerous works and earned a permanent place in the hearts of the people.
MP Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy: A replica of values, a man with a heart, and a leader who lives for the people—Nellore MP Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy. As a husband, he gave form to my thoughts, and as a public leader, he earned a place in people’s hearts. The path he walked during the elections, leading me to victory, has now become the foundation for Kovur’s development.
He always says, “Development is not just buildings… it is filling people’s lives with light.” He spreads this light through the VPR Foundation.
Loyalty, humility, and vision are the basis of his conduct. He became a big support to areas with water scarcity and a lifeline for the differently-abled.
Vision for Kovur
To build a new Kovur that is modern, safe, inclusive, and full of opportunities —
where every person feels protected, supported, and valued.
Leadership Philosophy: Bhadratha – Badhyatha – Bharosa
Bhadratha
Ensuring safety, welfare, and support
for every citizen, especially women, children, and
senior citizens.
Badhyatha
Transparent, accountable, and
people-first governance with measurable results.
Bharosa
Building real, long-term trust through presence, accessibility, and continuous public service
Sportsmanship:
- Believes that sports can bridge gaps between people and bring unity.
- Uses sports as a way to refresh minds and uplift spirits.
- Organized major sports events like cricket, bowling, and badminton tournaments.
- Conducted these events successfully regardless of financial challenges.
- Played a key role in bringing all Telugus in Singapore together through sports.
Art appreciation
In any society, as much as talented artists are needed in their respective fields, so are art patrons who promote that art. Radhakrishna Kalama Thalli Nudutha Sindhuram, who brought famous film, dance, literature, music, comedy and folk artists from Andhra Pradesh to Singapore and organized many programs, is the patron of the arts. Radhakrishna, who has given international recognition to many talented new artists in the fields of music, dance, literature and acting with the encouragement of elders, is the Kalasevak.
Honors:
There is no doubt that those who received the spiritual hospitality and hospitality that Radhakrishna provided to guests who came to Singapore will leave with sweet memories. Many prominent figures from various fields who came to Singapore would receive Radhakrishna’s hospitality and offer their blessings and leave happily.
At the age of 36, Radhakrishna became the youngest president in the history of the Singapore Telugu community. There is no doubt that he has left an indelible mark on the minds of the Singapore Telugu people by increasing the economic prosperity of the community and by doing many service programs. Radhakrishna has the ability to solve even the most complex problems with an indelible smile, patience, and a sense of humor.
Entry into politics:-
Radhakrishna, who wanted to do something for the society rather than just earning money in life, entered politics in 2014 through the Telugu Desam Party with the blessings of Sri Bolla Bulli Ramaiah and the encouragement of Sri Y.T. Raja.
At the same time, during the division of the united Andhra Pradesh, a movement was organized in Tanuku constituency to create awareness among the people for Samaikyandra and a Samaikyandra Padayatra was organized. At that time, every village and every gate in the constituency was visited and the desire for movement was brought to the people with the slogan that all Andhras should be united.
- Later, he actively participated in the Telugu Desam Party programs and took every program ordered by the party to the people, making special efforts to strengthen the Telugu Desam Party in the Tanuku constituency.
- From November 2013, the Telugu Desam Padayatra once again organized a padayatra in the constituency through the door-to-door campaign, visiting every house in the constituency and greeting every person, covering 378 km in 14 days. During that time, they visited every village, met every family, learned about their problems and took notes in their diary.
- In the 2014 general elections, Arimilli Radhakrishna contested as an MLA candidate from Tanuku constituency on behalf of the Telugu Desam Party against Chandrababu Naidu's assasins and won by a huge majority of about 30,000 votes against the YCP candidate.
- From the day after winning, he would constantly be among the people and, with his own idea of ​​being a villager, visit the villages in the constituency at 6 am every day along with the officials to know the problems of the people, meet the people, know their problems and solve them on the spot. Radhakrishna, who knew the problems of the people before the elections and made notes in his diary, solved all of them according to a plan.
- Before 2014, the main problems in the constituency were roads, drainage and drinking water problems. After Arimilli Radhakrishna garu won as MLA in 2014, all the roads in every village of the constituency in SC and BC areas were converted to CC roads. NTR provided RO water through Sujala Sravanthi.
- To solve the drainage problems, CC drains and underground drainages were installed with a clear plan. Road expansion in the constituency was initiated and Narendra Center and Rashtrapati Roads in Tanuku town, which had been narrow for years, were widened. Traffic problems were checked.
- He brought in a lot of funds from the then Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu and made significant efforts for the development of the constituency. He developed government hospitals in the constituency and constructed electricity substations in many places in the constituency to provide quality electricity to the people.
- Arimilli Radhakrishna garu was awarded the Ideal Young Legislator Award in 2015 by the Indian Student Parliament, Pune .
- Arimilli Radhakrishna garu was ranked No. 1 four times with 90 percent marks as the best performing MLA in Andhra Pradesh from 2014 to 2019. The then Chief Minister told other MLAs to work with Radhakrishna as an example.
- Fellow MLAs used to say that whenever Radhakrishna was looking for constituency development funds, he would roam around the Chief Minister's offices holding petitions and files.
- However, Radhakrishna, who contested on behalf of Telugu Desam Party in the 2019 general elections, was defeated by a very small margin of votes. However, he has been fighting for the welfare and development of the people of the constituency ever since.
- During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-21, he was available to the people of Tanuku constituency and regularly provided essential commodities like vegetables, fruits, and milk to the poor. He distributed masks and sanitizers to protect against COVID. He provided oxygen cylinders and oxygen concentrators to many people affected by COVID. During the COVID pandemic, he made arrangements to provide hospital beds to all those who came to his attention due to the difficulty in finding beds in hospitals in Tanuku constituency.
- Tana, along with them, provided farmers with useful items such as farmer protection kits, battery sprayers, etc., free of charge to farmers in many villages in the constituency.
- Grace Foundation, along with TANA, brought doctors from Basava Tarakam Cancer Hospital and organized free cancer screening camps in several villages in Tanuku constituency to create awareness about cancer among the people of the constituency.
- Since 2019, he has led every directive issued by the Telugu Desam Party, including party programs like Badude-Badudu and Idem Kharma, from the forefront in the constituency.
- In Tanuku constituency, the YCP government leaders exposed the TDR bond scam in 2023, creating a sensation across the state and preventing public money from going to corrupt individuals.
- In 2023, hunger strikes, roadshows, and bike rallies were organized in Tanuku constituency to protest Chandrababu's illegal arrest. Relay hunger strikes were organized every day in the constituency until Chandrababu was released.
- The Sakala Janula Chaitanya Yatra – Padayatra program for tomorrow is being organized in the constituency to bring schemes like Babu Surety- Bhavishyatu Guarantee, Maha Shakti, Super SIX, Poor to Rich among the people, as mandated by the Telugu Desam Party since February 2024.
- The Anna canteens, which were closed by the YCP government as a partisan move, are being run in Attili Town and Tanuku Town in Tanuku constituency with the initiative of Arimill Radhakrishna, and are regularly distributing food to the poor and needy, satisfying their hunger.
- Whether in power or not, Arimilli Radhakrishna garu is always thinking and making plans for the welfare of his constituency, claiming to be on the side of the people.