Know Your MLA: From left-wing activism to mainstream politics
Kothagudem: The 49-year-old Tribal leader Payam Venkateswarlu had won as the MLA for the second time from Pinapaka constituency in the recent Assembly elections. Payam hails from an agricultural family in the remote village of Bandarugudem under Manuguru mandal in Kothagudem district. He was active in AISF student organisation affiliated to CPI and worked as