The Telugu Desam Party is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was founded by the former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh N. T. Rama Rao (N.T.R.) on 29 March 1982 and has focused on supporting Telugu speakers. The party has won a five-time majority in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and has emerged as the most successful political outfit in the state's history. It is currently the main opposition party in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
The Bharat Rashtra Samithi,formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi,is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in the state of Telangana and currently the primary opposition party in the state. It was founded on 27 April 2001 as by K. Chandrashekar Rao,with a single-point agenda of creating a separate Telangana state with Hyderabad as its capital. It has been instrumental in carrying forth a sustained agitation for the granting of statehood to Telangana.
Khammam district is a district in the eastern region of the Indian state of Telangana. The city of Khammam is the district headquarters. The district shares boundaries with Suryapet,Mahabubabad,Bhadradri districts and with Eluru and NTR districts.
Boianapalli Vinod Kumar is an Indian politician and former Member of Parliament,he served as Vice-chairman of Telangana State Planning Board (2019-2023). He represented the Karimnagar constituency of Telangana State in the 16th Lok Sabha (2014-2019) and Hanamkonda constituency in the 14th Lok Sabha (2004-2009). He is one of the founding members of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) party and is presently a politburo member and served as party's deputy Floor Leader in the 16th Lok Sabha.
Kancherla Keshava Rao,popularly known as KK,is an Indian politician from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi party. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Indian Parliament. Rao was first elected to Rajya Sabha in 2006,serving until 2012,and was re-elected in 2014 representing Andhra Pradesh. Despite being from Telangana he was assigned to Andhra Pradesh because of the lot method used to assign Rajya Sabha members for the newly created Telangana and residual Andhra Pradesh. In 2020,he was again re-elected for a six-year term representing Telangana.
Kadiyam Srihari is an Indian politician is currently the MLA from the Ghanpur Station Assembly constituency. He also served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana and Minister for Education of Telangana from 2014 to 2018. He was also an MLC in the Telangana Legislative Council from 2015-2023. He was a former Member of Parliament from Warangal constituency from the State of Telangana (2014-2015). He also worked as Minister in the cabinets of N. T. Rama Rao and Chandrababu Naidu,representing the Ghanpur (Station) constituency as an MLA. He worked as the Politburo member of Telugu Desam Party and the General Secretary of Telugu Desam Party.
Thummala Nageswara Rao is a Congress politician who has been a 4 term minister in the Government of Andhra Pradesh and,later,in the Government of Telangana. In main portfolios He is from the Khammam district.
Thaneeru Harish Rao is an Indian politician and Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Telangana Legislative Assembly. He previously served as the Minister of Medical - Health and Finance Department of Telangana from 08 September 2019 to 02 December 2023. He is the MLA from Siddipet constituency from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi party since 2004.
Etela Rajender is an Indian politician from Telangana and former member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly. He served as the first Finance Minister of Telangana state from 2014 to 2018 and as the Health Minister of Telangana from 2019 to 2021.
Dr. Thatikonda Rajaiah is an Indian politician and medical practitioner. He has been serving as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the Station Ghanpur assembly constituency since the year 2009,representing the Bharat Rashtra Samithi. In his political journey,Rajaiah started as a member of the Indian National Congress but later joined the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (TRS) party to support the separate Telangana state movement. He was sworn in as Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana state with the Department of Health and Family Welfare on 2 June 2014 along with Md. Mohamood Ali.
Dasyam Vinay Bhaskar is an Indian politician and Member of Legislative Assembly in Telangana representing Telangana Rashtra Samithi a.k.a. T.R.S. and Government Chief Whip of Telangana State Legislative Assembly. He represents the Warangal West assembly constituency. He was also the Parliamentary Secretary in-charge of Chief Minister's Office (CMO) for TRS party during 2015.
Anumula Revanth Reddy is an Indian politician who is serving as the second and current Chief Minister of Telangana since 7 December 2023. He represents Kodangal constituency in the Telangana Legislative assembly. He belongs to the Indian National Congress (INC).
Elections to the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Hyderabad were held and Sri Burgula Rama Krishna Rao took oath as First Chief Minister of Hyderabad State on 6 March 1952. 564 candidates competed for the 175 seats in the Assembly. There were 33 two-member constituencies and 109 constituencies single-member constituencies.
Allola Indrakaran Reddy is an Indian politician who was the Minister of State for Endowments,Law and Forest,Environment,Science and Technology of Telangana since 2019. He was elected as MLA of Nirmal in 2014 General Election as BSP candidate and won over Sri Hari Rao by margin of 10,000 votes. He later joined the TRS Party and became Minister in charge of law,housing and endowments. He was Member of Parliament of India. He was a member of the 10th and 14th Lok Sabhas. Reddy represented the Adilabad constituency of United Andhra Pradesh.
Godam Nagesh(born 21 October 1964),is an Indian politician. He hails from the Gond people.
Azmeera Chandulal was an Indian politician who served as Tourism and Tribal Welfare Minister of Telangana and Member of Legislative Assembly from Mulugu constituency until 2018.
Sirikonda Madusudhana Chary is an Indian politician who served as the 1st Speaker of Telangana Legislative Assembly from 9 June 2014 to 16 January 2019. He won from Bhupalapalli constituency in Warangal in 2014 general elections. He is the former MLA of Bhupalapalli Constituency from 2018 Assembly Elections. He belongs to Telangana Rashtra Samithi and is a member of its Politburo. He lost the Telangana Legislative Assembly election held in December 2018.
Chennamaneni Rajeshwara Rao was an Indian communist leader and politician from the state of Telangana. Between 1957 and 2004 he got elected six times to the State Legislative Assembly.
Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao,commonly known as KTR,is an Indian politician and Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Telangana Legislative Assembly. He is a former Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development,Industries and Commerce,and Information Technology,Electronics and Communications of Telangana. He represents Sircilla assembly constituency in the Telangana Legislative Assembly,he is also the working president of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi.
Mohammed Fareeduddin was an Indian politician who served as a Member of the Telangana Legislative Council. He was elected unopposed as a Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) candidate in 2016.
