[4] Reddy has had a political career spanning nearly two decades and is a four-time Indian National Congress (INC) MLA from the Balkonda Assembly constituency.
He became Speaker of the 12th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly at the age of 45 having begun his career in politics as a mandal-level leader in 1984.
In 1989 the former Chief Minister, Marri Chenna Reddy, nominated him as the candidate from Balkonda constituency.
He won that and went on to win it again in the 1994, 1999 and 2004 elections, equalling the record of former Finance Minister, Argul Rajaram in that constituency.
Senior Congress leader and former Assembly Speaker, K. R. Suresh Reddy on 7 September 2018 announced his decision to join the TRS not for any "political gains" but to be part of the "silent revolution" for the progress and development of Telangana State.