Vangalapudi Anitha youngest Minister in AP cabinet

VIJAYAWADA: Payakaraopet MLA Vangalapudi Anitha (40) is the youngest minister in Chandrababu Naidu's cabinet.

She is followed by Nara Lokesh (41), Kondapalli Srinivas (42), and Tridalli Rama Prasad Reddy (42).

NMD Farook (75), N Chandrababu Naidu (74), and Anam Rama Narayana Reddy (71) are the ministers who have crossed the age of 70.

Profile of Anitha

Father: Apparao

Educational Qualifications:

Master of Arts in Literature, Andhra University 2009

Master of Education, Ambedkar University in 2011.

Occupation: Teacher at Rajavaram in the erstwhile Visakhapatnam district

2014 Member of the Legislative Assembly

Telugu Mahila president

Member of TDP's politburo.

Contested the 2019 elections from Kovvur and lost.

In 2024 contested as an alliance candidate in Payakaraopeta and won with a majority of 43,737 votes over Kambala Jogulu.