TIRUPATI: Tirupati MLA Bhumana Karunakar Reddy has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams on Saturday.
This will be the second time that Bhumana will be occupying the most coveted TTD chairmanship position.
He was earlier appointed as the TTD chairman between 2006-2008 by the Congress party government headed by the then chief minister Dr YS Rajasekhar Reddy.
And after a gap of 15 long years, Bhumana has been given a second term as TTD Chairman by the present YSRCP government led by chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Bhumana Karunakar Reddy is a two time MLA from Tirupati (2012 & 2019). He was born at Eedarapalle village in Nandalur mandal in Kadapa district and completed his master's degree in arts at Sri Venkateswara university in Tirupati.
Though there were several contenders for the prestigious position and the names of YSRCP MLC Janga Krishnamurthy, former ministers Kolusu Parthasaradhi and Sidda Raghava Rao were also doing rounds, the chief minister surprised all by nominating Bhumana Karunakar Reddy to the TTD chairmanship.
Bhumana thanked YS Jagan for nominating him to the top post in the TTD.
Meanwhile, the tenure of the present TTD trust board headed by YV Subba Reddy, will end on August 8.
While the last TTD trust board meeting to be headed by YV Subba Reddy was scheduled for August 7, the state government nominates Bhumana Karunakar Reddy as the next TTD chairman on Saturday, thereby sheening off the very relevance of Monday's trust board meeting.
