Thota Trimurthulu
Thota Trimurthulu is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He was a three-time MLA from Ramachandrapuram in East Godavari district. He is nominated to contest as MLA on YSRCP ticket from Mandapeta Constituency in the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. He is convicted by a court for 18 months imprisonment in a Dalit atrocities case of 1996.
Early life and education
Trimurthulu was born in Venkatayapalem, Ramachandrapuram mandal, East Godavari district. He completed Class VII from Mandal Parishad Upper Primary School, Venkatayapalem in 1972. His parents Pundarikakshulu and Suryakantham, were farmers. He married Surya Kumari.Career
Trimurthulu was active as a youth leader in Ramachandrapuram and joined Telugu Desam Party in 1982, in the initial years after it was started by former Chief Minister N. T. Ramarao. He was elected as an MLA for the first in 1994 as an independent candidate from Ramachandrapuram and joined TDP in 1995. In 1999, he was elected again as an MLA on the TDP ticket. In 2004, he lost to P. Subhash Chandra Bose. In 2008, he joined Praja Rajyam Party of actor Chiranjeevi, but lost the 2009 election on PRP seat. When PRP was merged with the Congress, he got elected again in the 2012 bye-election.After the state was bifurcated, he joined the Telugu Desam Party again and won for the third time. In 2014, contesting on the Telugu Desam Party ticket, he defeated Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose of YSRCP by a margin of 16,922 votes. In 2019, he lost to Chelluboyina Srinivasa Venugopalakrishna of YSRCP by 5,168 votes. Later in September 2019, he joined YSRCP and promised to work closely with Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose, with whom he had a deep rivalry. By then, Bose became a Deputy Chief Minister. And in June 2021, he was nominated as MLC in the Governor’s quota.