Senior Congress leader and current Deputy Chairman of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council, Nethi Vidya Sagar will be the first Chairman of the Telangana Legislative Council.
Nethi will be formally sworn in as the Chairman of the Telangana Legislative Council on Monday at 9:30am.
The 58-year-old popular backward-class leader is a graduate, and hails from an agricultural family from the backward Nalgonda district.
During his 4-decade career, Nethi has held various positions including Block Congress President at Nakrekal; President of the District Youth Congress at Nalgonda; Member of the A. P. Congress Committee; President of the District Congress Committee at Nalgonda (2007-2011); and MLC during 2007-2009 and 2009-2015.
He was the Presiding Officer - i. e. the Deputy Chairman - of the A. P. Legislative Council from June 2011 to June 1 2014. (INN)