Taneti Vanitha is an Indian politician, former Minister of Home Affairs, Prison, Fire Services and Disaster Management[1] in the Government of Andhra Pradesh and a Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Kovvur, West Godavari district.
[2] She served as the Minister of Home, Prisons, Fire Services of Andhra Pradesh since 2022 till 2024.
[3][4] She came out of TDP due to its stand on Andhra Pradesh bifurcation and then joined YSR Congress Party.
In 2019, she contested from Kovvuru as YSRCP candidate and won with a majority of 25000 votes and was appointed Minister of Women and Child Welfare in Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy ministry.
[6][7] She lost her seat to Muppidi Venkateswara Rao of Telugu Desam Party by a margin of more than 25000 votes in General Elections 2024.