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.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy was an Indian politician who served as the sixth president of India,serving from 1977 to 1982. Beginning a long political career with the Indian National Congress Party in the independence movement,he went on to hold several key offices in independent India —as Deputy Chief minister of Andhra state and the first chief minister of Andhra Pradesh,a two-time Speaker of the Lok Sabha and a Union Minister—before becoming the Indian president.
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.
Anantapur district,officially Anantapuramu district,is one of the eight districts in the Rayalaseema region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The district headquarters is located in Anantapur city. It is one of the driest places in South India. In the year 2022,as part of re-organisation of districts,Sri Sathya Sai district was carved out.
Roja Selvamani,is an Indian politician and former actress. She is currently serving as Minister for Tourism,Culture and Youth Advancement of Andhra Pradesh. She was a leading actress in Tamil and Telugu films from 1991 to 2002. She has also acted in a few Kannada and Malayalam-language films. She won three Nandi Awards and one Tamil Nadu State Film Award. In 2022,Roja announced she would be leaving the film industry to focus more on her political career as a politician. She also announced that she will no longer be acting in any films.
Tadipatri or Tadpatri is a city in Anantapur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh at the border of Kurnool district and Kadapa district. It is the mandal headquarters of Tadipatri mandal in Anantapur revenue division. The Chintala Venkataramana Temple is located on a five-acre site in Tadipatri. The Bugga Ramalingeswara Temple is located one kilometer from the town,overlooking the Penna River.
Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy is an Indian politician and member of Telugu Desam Party since March 2024. He is NDA candidate from Ongole constituency in the 2024 Indian general election and is associated with the excise duty case which led to the arrest of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). He was elected to the 12th,14th and 15th Lok Sabha as a Candidate of Indian National Congress and again to 17th Lok Sabha as a candidate of YSR Congress Party.
Dr. M. V. Mysoora Reddy a politician from TDP is an Ex Member of the Parliament of India representing Andhra Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Indian Parliament.
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.
Karanam Balaram Krishna Murthy,is an Indian politician in the state of Andhra Pradesh. He was born in Thimmasamudram village of Prakasam district in Andhra Pradesh. He was elected as MLC under MLA quota on 6 March 2017. In 2019 General elections he won as MLA from Chirala constituency with a majority of 17,912 votes.
Palle Raghunatha Reddy is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Andhra Pradesh,state in southern part of India,representing the constituency of Puttaparthi for the Telugu Desam Party from 2014 To 2019.
Pocharam Srinivas Reddy Parige is an Indian politician and a Member of Legislative assembly representing Banswada constituency in the Telangana legislative assembly. He previously served as the Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly from 17 January 2019 to 2023. He was the Minister of Agriculture (2014-2019) in the government of Telangana.
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).
Payyavula Keshav is a member of the Legislative Assembly of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh representing the Uravakonda constituency of Anantapur. He is associated with the Telugu Desam Party and contested as an MLA six times from Uravakonda Assembly Constituency in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh.
Bugga Ramalingeswara Swamy temple is a Siva shrine situated on the southern bank of the Penna river in Tadipatri,Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh,India. It was built between 1490 and 1509 by Pemmasani Ramalinga Nayudu I,a chieftain of the Gutti-Gandikota region during the reign of the Vijayanagara Empire.
Vykuntam Prabhakar Chowdary is an Indian politician and a Member of Legislative Assembly from Anantapur,Andhra Pradesh,first elected in 2014. He is a member of the Telugu Desam Party.
The 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh on 11 April 2019 for constituting the fifteenth legislative assembly in the state. They were held alongside the 2019 Indian general election.
Kuruva Gorantla Madhav is a politician from Andhra Pradesh. He won the Hindupur seat in the Indian general election,2019 as a YSR Congress Party candidate. His parents are K Madhava Swamy and K Ramulamma. Earlier,he worked as a Circle Inspector in the Kadiri.
The 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election is scheduled to be held on 13 May 2024 to elect all 175 members of the state's legislative Assembly and results will be announced on 4 June 2024.
