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Gottipati Ravikumar
Gottipati Ravi Kumar is an Indian politician from the Andhra Pradesh state. He won as an MLA for four times, representing Martur from 2004-2009, and Addanki from 2009-2024 in Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly. He was born on 9th November 1973. In 1993, He Completed Intermediate from Vidwan Junior College, Guntur, and discontinued Graduation from B.I.E.T College, Thavanagiri. Ravi basically hails from a political and agricultural family.

Political Career
Gottipati Ravikumar hailing from a political family started his political journey with Indian National Congress (INC). He contested for the first time in the 2004 elections from the Martur assembly constituency and won as MLA. After the delimitation of Constituencies in 2009, he contested from the same party but from the Addanki assembly constituency and won again as an MLA. Later, he joined YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) and contested from the same constituency, and won the 2014 elections. He left the YSRCP and joined TDP (Telugu Desam Party) citing differences with the party's ideology and being attracted towards Chandrababu Naidu's vision for Andhra Pradesh. Ravikumar contested and won the 2019 elections representing TDP from Addanki Assembly constituency making him the only one to win of the 23 MLA's defecting to TDP from YSRCP.

After winning the 2019 election the government of Andhra Pradesh started vendetta politics on him by closing down his factories, levying huge amounts of fines on his granite mines.Ravi Kumars is fighting all theses charges in a judicial manner.