Komatireddy Venkat Reddy (born 23 May 1965) is an Indian politician and currently serves as the cabinet minister of Roads & Buildings and Cinematography in Telangana.
He is a notable alumnus of Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad in 1986 where he pursued Bachelors of Civil Engineering (BE).
Komatireddy Venkat Reddy took a bottle of fluoride-infected water to the assembly in protest - bringing the issue to the front stage.
He held the following portfolio’s during his tenure - as an IT, Sports, Youth and TeleCommunications, Airports & Ports, and Natural Gas Cabinet Minister in Andhra Pradesh under the Late Y.S.Rajashekar Reddy’s Government.
As IT Minister - Facilitated the increase in Jobs via the inflow of multiple MNCs in Hyderabad - Second tower of TCS 46 acre campus.
Served as Deputy Floor leader in the Legislative Assembly Spoke up against the unjust rule of the TRS Party, and raised many important issues in the state In 2017, he went on a 72-hour hunger strike along with families in Nalgonda, who had lost their loved ones due to the non-availability of medical services, urging then-Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, to keep his promise of sanctioning a medical college to Nalgonda.
for AIIMS hospital in Bibinagar Sanctioning of an indoor sports stadium in Bhongir Town for about Rs.200 Cr.
As a Member of the Standing Committee on Coal and Steel- Steps were taken to benefit save governments exchequer of around Rs.30,000Cr for the work of a selection of Mine Developer cum Operator (MDO) for the development and operation of Naina Coal Mine situated in Odisha state by Singareni Collieries Co.Ltd.
He did not heed the advice of even fellow Telangana Congress leaders to call off his fast, stirring a huge revolution.
Watching young students in Telangana, he tendered his resignation as a minister and continued to fight in the Assembly.