Rekha Naik is an Indian politician who won as MLA from Khanapur on the Telangana Rashtra Samithi ticket in 2018. |
She became famous for applying for the Congress ticket from the Khanapur ST constituency in 2023. |
She joined the Congress party on 22 August 2023 after her party, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), denied her renomination in the Assembly elections. |
She was a member of the Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituency. |
In 2017, she distributed Rs. 51,000 cheques to beneficiaries under Kalayana Lakshmi and Shadi Mubarak Schemes from Kadem and Dasturabad mandals. |
She organized a Quranic recitation program at her residence in 2017, reciting verses with many ladies and girls in attendance, expressing her fondness for the Quran and the peace it brings her. |
In 2018, she introduced 102 Amma Vodi ambulances, primarily for women and children at Kadem Primary Health Centre. |
In the same year, she faced criticism during her election campaign in Jannaram mandal for allegedly neglecting the development of a SC colony, leading to a confrontation with a resident. |
In 2022, she visited flooded villages in her constituency using a raft to cross the Gangapur river after a bridge collapsed. |
She inspected damaged crops and assured farmers of government assistance. |
In December 2022, she had a disagreement with Lok Sabha member Bandi Sanjay Kumar over inappropriate remarks made against Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and MLC K Kavitha. |
On 22 August 2023, she and her husband submitted their Congress party membership forms at Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad. |
Despite being asked to join the party in the city, she did not confirm her acceptance after being dropped from candidacy without explanation. |