Ponnam Prabhakar
Ponnam Prabhakar Goud | |
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| Minister for Transport & BC Welfare Government of Telangana | |
| Assumed office 7 December 2023 | |
| Governor |
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| Chief Minister | Revanth Reddy |
| Department and ministry |
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| Preceded by | Gangula Kamalakar (B.C Welfare) Puvvada Ajay Kumar (Transport) |
| Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 3 December 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Vodithela Sathish Kumar |
| Constituency | Husnabad |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| Preceded by | K. Chandra Shakher Rao |
| Succeeded by | B. Vinod Kumar |
| Constituency | Karimnagar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 May 1967 |
| Party | INC |
| Spouse | Manjula (m.21 April 2000) |
| Children | Two children, Pruthvi, Pranav |
| Parent(s) | Sathaiah Goud, Mallamma |
Ponnam Prabhakar Goud (born 8 May 1967) is an Indian politician and Currently Serving as Minister of Transport and BC Welfare in Telangana. Earlier he was a member of 15th Lok Sabha and worked Working President of the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee. He belongs to the Indian National Congress and represented the Karimnagar constituency of Andhra Pradesh. He was the youngest Member of Parliament who represented Karimnagar constituency between 2009 and 2014.
Ponnam Prabhakar is also known for his activism at the time of Telangana movement and as parliamentarian who faced fierce hostility from fellow Parliamentarians in the form of ‘pepper spray’. His followers affectionately call him as ‘Ponnam Anna’.