Paritala Ravindra

Paritala Ravi

August 30, 1958

Born
Venkatapuram, Anantapur district, India
Died January 24, 2005 (aged 46)
Residence Anantapur district, India
Occupation MLA, Former AP Cabinet Minister
Spouse Paritala Sunitha
Website
http://www.paritalaravi.com/

Paritala Ravindra (August 30, 1958 – January 24, 2005) was a political leader in the
Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, India. He was a former cabinet minister in Andhra
Pradesh and a sitting Member of the Legislative Assembly when he was slain by his political
rivals in 2005. He started as a communist/Naxalite in the footsteps of his father and later entered
electoral politics by joining the Telugu Desam Party. He was elected four times as Member of
Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Penukonda constituency in Anantapur district, Andhra
Pradesh. He produced a film, Sri Ramulayya, based on the biography of his father. Director Ram
Gopal Verma made a biopic film titled Rakht Charitra (2010) with Vivek Oberoi playing Ravi,
released on October 22, 2010.

Contents
• 1 Early life
 • 2 Entry into factionism
• 3 Re-Organising Committee (R.O.C)
• 4 Assassination
• 5 References

• 6 External links

Early life
Paritala Ravi was born into a middle class family to Sri Ramulu and Narayanamma couple in
Venkatapuram, Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh. Ravi's father, Paritala Sreeramulu, was a
Naxalite leader close to Kondapalli Seetharamaiah, supremo of the then-monolithic People’s
War Group. That was until G Narayana Reddy, a factionist and Congress MLA, and Sane
Chenna Reddy, another factionist who later became a Congress MLA, had Sreeramulu killed in
1975.[1] Ravi was only 17 years when his father was killed.

Ravi and his brother Paritala Hari escaped that attack.

After losing his father and brother, Ravi wanted to take shelter to protect himself from his rivals.
He went to his maternal uncle, Kondaiah, in Seerpi Kottaala village of Uravakonda constituency
to take shelter. He married his uncle's daughter Suneetha in 1986 and took up cultivation.
According to many allegations Ravi was responsible for the deaths of Gangula Narayana Reddy,
Narsanna, Yaadi Reddy and more (1982–84).[citation needed]

Entry into factionism

After Narayana Reddy was killed, Ramachandra Reddy of the Telugu Desam Party became
MLA from Penukonda in 1983 and 1985. In the 1989 elections, the Congress formed the
government in the state. Sane Chenna Reddy became MLA of Penukonda by defeating
Ramachandra Reddy of the TDP. Ravi wanted to take revenge for his father's and brother's
deaths. He joined hands with communists (Naxalites). Naxalites had their own ulterior
motives[citation needed] to help Ravi and so plotted against Chenna Reddy. Sane Chenna Reddy, who
was conspirator in his father's and brother's deaths was killed in Dharmavaram in 1991. By-
elections were conducted and Ramana Reddy, son of Chenna Reddy, became MLA in 1991.
With the help of a colleague, he found granite in his field. This was the turning point in his life.
He became rich after this project and the events leading to the death of Paritala Ravi began to
unfurl.

Re-Organising Committee (R.O.C)

People's War Group (P.W.G) expelled Kondapalli Seetharamaiah from the party. He split P.W.G
into two. One was P.W.K.S group. Potula Suresh who shot Chenna Reddy was an active member
of this group. This group again split into two. One was "Redstar" and other was "Re-Organising
committee" (ROC). Potula Suresh was head of ROC and Sudarshan was head of the Redstar.
Redstar was favourable to Chenna Reddy's sons and Surya Narayana Reddy. ROC worked for
Ravi. There was armed struggle between these two groups and many people were killed as a
result of this. karnool rowdy

Assassination
The criminal element in Andhra Pradesh politics was in full view on January 24, 2005 when
hired killers gunned down the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) legislator from Penukonda, Paritala
Ravindra. The sheer brutality of the murder, in broad daylight, and its violent aftermath shook
the people of Andhra Pradesh. The TDP voiced its fears about possible attempts by his numerous
enemies to kill him. Soon after the Congress came to power in the State in May 2004, the heavy
security cover that Ravi had was drastically scaled down. He then petitioned the Andhra Pradesh
High Court, which ordered restoration of the 10 gunmen earlier deployed for his protection.

Suri tried to take vengeance by triggering a remote-controlled car bomb in Jubilee Hills,
Hyderabad, in 1997 but missed his target, Paritala Ravi, who was then producing a movie called
Sri Ramulayya based on his father's struggle against landlords.

But before the Central Bureau of Investigation could start investigations, one of the accused, M.
Rekhamaiah, surrendered to the Mahabubnagar police. Within a week, eight of the alleged
conspirators had surrendered. While Joolakanti Srinivasa Reddy, a.k.a, Moddu Seenu, who
claimed in a television interview to have actually shot Paritala Ravi, was at large even on
February 1, another person who had allegedly fired at court while he was attending.