Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao,often referred to by his initials NTR,was an Indian actor,filmmaker and politician who served as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for seven years over three terms. He starred in over 300 films,predominantly in Telugu cinema,and was referred by the media as Viswa Vikhyatha Nata Sarvabhouma. Rao received three National Film Awards for co-producing Thodu Dongalu (1954) and Seetharama Kalyanam (1960) under National Art Theater,Madras,and for directing Varakatnam (1970). Known for his breakthrough performances in Raju Peda (1954) and Lava Kusa (1963),Rao garnered the Nandi Award for Best Actor for Kodalu Diddina Kapuram in 1970,and the Inaugural Filmfare Award for Best Actor –Telugu in 1972 for Badi Panthulu.
Nara Chandrababu Naidu,also known as Chandrababu Naidu or CBN,is an Indian politician and the current Leader of Opposition in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He also served as Chief Minister from 1995 to 2004 and as Opposition Leader from 2004 to 2014 of Andhra Pradesh. He is the National President of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). He suffered a major political set back in the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Elections where he won only 23 seats out of the total 175 seats.
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.
Paritala Ravindra,better known as Paritala Ravi,was a politician from the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. He was a cabinet minister in Andhra Pradesh and a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). He was assassinated by his political rivals in 2005. He started as a communist and later entered electoral politics by joining the Telugu Desam Party. He was elected five times as an MLA from the Penukonda constituency in Anantapur district,Andhra Pradesh.
Kadiyam Srihari is an Indian politician who served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana and Minister for Education of Telangana from 2014 to December 2018. Currently he is MLC in Telangana legislative council since 22 November 2021 till date. 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 Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao and Nara Chandrababu Naidu and represented Ghanpur (Station) constituency as an MLA. He worked as the Politburo member of Telugu Desam Party and the General Secretary of Telugu Desam Party.
Nannapaneni Rajakumari is an Indian politician and ex-chairwoman of AP state Women's Commission and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader. She is an official spokesperson for the TDP.
Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu was an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He served as Minister of Higher Education,Andhra Pradesh. He was elected for a record six terms to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly,five times from the former Puttur constituency and once from the Nagari constituency.
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).
Guntur West is a constituency in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of the Guntur Lok Sabha constituency.
Nallagatla Swamy Das is an Indian politician from a regional party called Telugu Desam Party in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. He was twice elected as Member of Legislative Assembly in Andhra Pradesh during the years 1994-2004 from the Constituency of Tiruvuru,Krishna District.
Bakkani Narasimhulu is an Indian politician belonging to the state of Telangana. He was the president of the Telangana unit of the Telugu Desam Party from 2021 to 2022 and a senior TDP leader from Mahabubnagar district.
Bhupathiraju Vijayakumar Raju was a politician and industrialist. He was also the founder of Delta Paper Mills established in 1975,situated at Vendra Village,West Godavari Dist.,Andhra Pradesh.
Bonda Umamaheswara Rao is an Indian politician and an ex-member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Vijayawada Central constituency. He is polit bureau member of the Telugu Desam Party and TTD Board Member.
Sidda Raghava Rao is an Indian politician who is an ex-Minister for Environment,Forests,Science and Technology in the Andhra Pradesh cabinet. He earlier worked as a Minister for Transport,Roads &Buildings. Born in Chimakurthy of Prakasam district to Sidda Venkata Subbamma and Sidda Venkateswarlu,Raghava Rao grew up in a large family of eight brothers. He completed his schooling at Chimakurthy and went to Bapatla to pursue intermediate. He later graduated in Commerce from Andhra University in 1977. Raghava Rao joined the YSR Congress Party in June,2020 after losing the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections from Ongole on a TDP ticket.
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.
Yadlapati Venkata Rao was an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. Rao served as the Minister for Agriculture,Law and Planning in the united Andhra Pradesh from 1978 to 1980. He was elected thrice to the Vemuru Assembly constituency of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA),and served as the Member of Parliament (MP) in Rajya Sabha representing Andhra Pradesh between 1998 and 2004.
Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha,upper house of the Parliament of India from Andhra Pradesh in the 2020 Rajyasabha elections as a member of the YSR Congress Party.
Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar is an Indian politician from Telugu Desam party and former member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly representing Ponnur constituency from 1994 - 2019. He is one of the few members of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly,who won five times continuously. He is also Chairman of Sangam Dairy located in Vadlamudi. He is one of the senior most leaders in the Telugu Desam Party and also coordinator for Eluru and Vijayawada parliament segments.
Kondapalli Appala Naidu / Kondapalli Appalanaidu is also known as 'K.A. Naidu'. is an Andhra Pradesh politician. Telugu Desam Party leader.
Teegala Krishna Reddy is an Indian politician,a former Member of Legislative Assembly and a former Mayor of Hyderabad,from Telangana state. He is currently in the Bharat Rashtra Samithi.
