From Our Correspondent
Hyderabad: GV Reddy, once one of the Telugu Desam Party’s most recognisable young faces on television, has resurfaced in an entirely different avatar—heading a large corporate legal services firm in Hyderabad.
His transition from a promising political communicator to a full-time legal professional has drawn attention once again after former Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu visited his office on Saturday to convey his wishes and praise his integrity.
Reddy rose to prominence rapidly during the YSRCP government’s term, becoming a regular presence on news channels. His articulate manner, measured tone, and refusal to resort to personal vilification set him apart from many political spokespersons.
As a young, educated voice, he was seen as an asset to the TDP, and his Reddy community background was politically significant at a time when that segment was largely viewed as aligned with then Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.
After the alliance government came to power this year, Reddy was appointed Chairman of AP Fibernet Corporation. He approached the assignment with the same transparency he displayed as a spokesperson, holding a series of press conferences revealing how several employees recruited during the previous regime were drawing salaries without ever attending office.
But what followed was unexpected. Reddy was reportedly pulled up by the TDP leadership for publicly criticising bureaucratic inertia in cleaning up irregular recruitments. Feeling sidelined and hurt, he resigned from the Fibernet post and quietly withdrew from political activity altogether.
In the months that followed, Reddy immersed himself in his legal profession, setting up a corporate legal services company in Hyderabad that now employs more than a hundred people. His low-key exit from politics, however, did not erase the goodwill he had earned.
That goodwill was on full display on Saturday when former Vice President Venkaiah Naidu visited Reddy’s office at Sagar Society in Srinagar Colony. Naidu not only congratulated him on his professional success but also praised his “integrity and dignified conduct” during his political stint. He even expressed sadness that Reddy had to leave the TDP, calling it a loss for the party.
Though GV Reddy shows no inclination to return to public life, his time as a spokesperson—especially his sharp critiques of the YSRCP government and his informed counters—continues to earn him admirers. For now, he appears focused entirely on his expanding legal enterprise, even as his brief political career remains remembered for its civility, clarity and conviction.
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