Chiranjeevi is an Indian actor,film producer and former politician. He is regarded as one of the most successful and influential actors of Indian cinema. In a career spanning over four decades,he starred in over 150 feature films predominantly in Telugu,as well as some films in Hindi,Tamil and Kannada. Chiranjeevi won the Andhra Pradesh state's highest film award,the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award,three Nandi Awards,and nine Filmfare Awards South including the Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2006,he was honoured with the Padma Bhushan,India's third-highest civilian award,for his contributions to Indian cinema. In 2013,CNN-IBN named him as one of "the men who changed the face of the Indian Cinema".
Pawan Kalyan is an Indian actor,politician,filmmaker,and philanthropist. He primarily works in Telugu cinema. He is the recipient of a Filmfare Award,a SIIMA Award,a CineMAA Award and a Santosham Film Award. He has featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list in the years 2013,2017,and 2018.
The Politics of Andhra Pradesh take place in the context of a bicameral parliamentary system within the Constitutional framework of India. The main parties in the state are the YSR Congress Party,Telugu Desam Party and Jana Sena Party. Other parties that have small presence in the state include the Indian National Congress,Bharatiya Janata Party and Left parties. Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy is the incumbent Chief Minister.
Parvathaneni Upendra was a Telugu Desam Party Union Cabinet Minister from Andhra Pradesh in India. He was born in Pothunuru village in West Godavari district,Andhra Pradesh.
Bhuma Nagi Reddy was an Indian politician. He was elected in a by-election to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 1992 after the sudden death of his brother,Bhuma Sekhar Reddy,an MLA from Allagadda constituency in Kurnool district. In 1996,Reddy was the Telugu Desam Party candidate against Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao in the Nandyal Lok Sabha constituency election. He served in the 11th,12th and 13th Lok Sabhas. Reddy died in office on 12 March 2017 after a massive heart attack at his home in Allagadda.
Tulla Devender Goud is an Indian politician from the Telugu Desam Party. He founded the Nava Telangana Praja Party (NTP) to fight for separate statehood for the Telangana region in Andhra Pradesh,but later returned to his parent outfit.
The Praja Rajyam Party was a political party in India.
The United Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election of 2009 took place in April 2009,concurrently with the 2009 Indian general election. The elections were held in the state in the first phase (2009-04-16) and the second phase (2009-04-23). The results were declared on 2009-05-16. The incumbent Indian National Congress retained power in the United Andhra Pradesh State Assembly lower house,though with a reduced majority. The Congress Legislature party re-elected incumbent Chief minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy as its leader thus re-nominating him to the post.
Elections in Andhra Pradesh state,India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Assembly of Andhra Pradesh creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India. In addition,the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to Article 356 of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed.
The 2009 Indian general election polls in United Andhra Pradesh were held for 42 seats in the state. The major contenders in the polls were the Third Front,Indian National Congress and Praja Rajyam. The assembly elections were held simultaneously with the general elections in the state.
The Telangana movement refers to a movement for the creation of a separate state,Telangana,from the pre-existing state of Andhra Pradesh in India. The new state corresponds to the Telugu-speaking portions of the erstwhile princely state of Hyderabad,which were merged with Andhra Pradesh in 1956,leading to the Mulki Agitations.
Duddilla Sridhar Babu is an Indian politician from Indian National Congress and is a member of the Telangana Assembly. He was a member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly,representing the Indian National Congress. He was the Minister for Civil Supplies,Consumer Affairs,Legal Metrology and Legislative Affairs in the Government of Andhra Pradesh prior to that state being divided. He is now the MLA from Manthani Constituency,which he won in the 2018 Assembly Elections in Telangana. This is his fourth term as MLA. Sridhar Babu is one of the senior most leaders in the Telangana Congress Party.Sridhar Babu is an AICC All India Congress Committee Secretary attached to the AICC General Secretary,incharge of Karanataka as of July 2022.
The Telangana protests 2004-2010 refers to the movements and agitations related to the Telangana movement that took place between the years 2004 and 2010. For the 2004 Assembly and Parliament elections,the Congress party and the TRS had an electoral alliance in the Telangana region to consider the demand of separate Telangana State. However,again in 2006,the then Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy categorically said that the state would remain united. This again resulted in statewide protests. In 2009,Union Minister of Home Affairs P. Chidambaram announced that the Indian government would start the process of forming a separate Telangana state,pending the introduction and passage of a separation resolution in the Andhra Pradesh assembly after an 11-day fast by Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao. This again resulted in protests across both Andhra and Rayalseema as in a short time of the Home Minister's declaration,MLAs from the Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions submitted their resignations in protest.
Kethi Reddy Suresh Reddy is an Indian politician who is the current Member of Rajya Sabha from Telangana since 2020. He was the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh from 2004 to 2009.
Kotagiri Vidhyadher Rao was an Indian politician and a MLA and Minister. He was a five time MLA from Eluru district,Andhra Pradesh. He was in TDP,PRP.
Ganta Srinivasarao is an Indian politician. He was the minister of Human Resources Development of Andhra Pradesh in India. He hails from Kamepalli village in Prakasam district.
Kasani Gnaneshwar Mudiraj is an Indian politician,who served as Member of Legislative Council,representing the Indian state Andhra Pradesh from 2007 to 2011. He was appointed as the State President of Telugu Desam Party for the Telangana unit by former chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in November 2022.
Kurasala Kannababu is the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperation in Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy Ministry of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
Arani Srinivasulu,also known as Jangalapalli Srinivasulu and JMC,is a politician from the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. He was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Chittoor Assembly constituency in 2019 on behalf of the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP).
