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.
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.
Vundavalli Arun Kumar is an Indian politician,lawyer,political analyst and a former Member of Parliament of India. He was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha and 15th Lok Sabha from Rajahmundry constituency of Andhra Pradesh. He was a member of the Indian National Congress party.
Nadendla Bhaskara Rao is an Indian politician who served as the 11th Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh for a brief period in 1984. He served the shortest term yet,as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh –31 days. His son Nadendla Manohar is a former MLA from Tenali and a former Speaker in the Andhra Pradesh assembly.
Konijeti Rosaiah was an Indian politician who served as the 15th chief minister of Andhra Pradesh from 2009 to 2010. He also served as the Governor of Tamil Nadu from 2011 to 2016 and the Governor of Karnataka for two months. He was previously an MLC,MLA and MP from the Indian National Congress numerous times and handled many ministerial posts over his long political career spanning over half a century.
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.
Gangapuram Kishan Reddy is an Indian politician who is currently serving as Minister of Tourism,Culture and Development of North Eastern Region of India. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 1980. He is an MP representing Secunderabad since 2019. He served as the floor leader of the BJP in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in 2009 and gave it up after being elected as the state BJP president of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh. He was first state president of Telangana BJP from 2014 to 2016,appointed again as Telangana BJP president on 4 July 2023.
Samaikya Andhra Movement was a movement organized to keep the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh united,and to prevent the division of the state - separating the Telangana districts of the state into a separate Telangana state. The movement was supported by government employees,advocates in Coastal Andhra &Rayalaseema regions along with students from 14 universities,various occupational,caste &religious groups of Coastal Andhra &Rayalaseema regions. The last set of protests were triggered after the Congress Working Committee decision to divide the state came to an end after President of India gave nod to Telangana Bill which would make the latter to come into existence from 2 June 2014.
Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy is an Indian politician belonging to Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a Member of Legislative Council in Andhra Pradesh and previously was Secretary,All India Congress Committee.
Dharmavarapu Kottam Aruna is an Indian politician from Telangana state. She served as a minister in Andhra Pradesh for Information and Public Relations in YS Rajasekhar Reddy's cabinet (2004–2009) and for Small Scale industries,Sugar,Khadi and Village Industries in Rosaiah's cabinet (2009–2010). She represented Gadwal constituency as an MLA in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly between 2004–2014 and in Telangana Legislative Assembly between 2014 and 2018.
Danam Nagender is an Indian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly from Khairatabad Assembly Constituency,Hyderabad,Telangana,India. He left (BRS) Telangana Rashtra Samithi and joined Indian National Congress party in March,2024 and. He was the Senior Leader of Congress Party in Hyderabad. He was also Minister for Labour,Employment,Training &Factories,Industrial Training Institutes &Health in United Andhra Pradesh. He had represented the Indian National Congress party. Nagender won his seat in the 2009 Andhra Pradesh State Assembly Elections. He lost it in the 2014 assembly elections. He resigned from Congress party on 23 June 2018,joined Telangana Rashtra Samithi and won from Khairatabad in general election Dec. 2018.he joined in congress party in 2024
Kanna Lakshminarayana,is an Indian Politician,ex President Bharatiya Janata Party in the state of Andhra Pradesh and ex-Member of the Legislative Assembly for Guntur West constituency and ex-Cabinet Minister for Agriculture &Agriculture Technology Mission in Sri. N.Kiran Kumar Reddy's Cabinet. He joined it the Telugu Desam Party on 23rd February 2023 at Mangalagiri TDP's headquarters.
The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act of 2014,commonly known as the Telangana Act,is an Act of Indian Parliament that split the state of Andhra Pradesh into Telangana and the residuary Andhra Pradesh state,as an outcome of the Telangana movement. The Act defined the boundaries of the two states,determined how the assets and liabilities were to be divided,and laid out the status of Hyderabad as the permanent capital of new Telangana state and temporary capital of the Andhra Pradesh state.
Jai Samaikyandhra Party was an Indian political party launched by former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh,Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy. He launched the party in protest against Government of India's decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh through Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill. Its poll plank is self-respect of Telugu people. The party was formally launched at a public meeting in Rajahmundry on 12 March 2014,and promised rollback of Telangana state in the event of JSP winning 25 seats. Its electoral symbol is a pair of slippers. In elections the party failed to win a single seat and lost deposits in many seats. Finally the party dissolved on 13 July 2018 and Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy re-joined INC.
Pinipe Viswarup,is an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh. He worked as a Minister in the cabinets of three chief ministers,YS Rajasekhara Reddy,Rosaiah and Kiran Kumar Reddy. He is an active member of YSR Congress Party and was a supporter of Samaikyandhra movement.
Naraparaju Ramchander Rao is an Indian politician and advocate from Telangana. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party National Executive member,President for BJP's Hyderabad unit and a member of Bar Council of India. He served as the Member of Telangana Legislative Council (MLC) for Hyderabad,Ranga Reddy and Mahabubnagar Graduates' Constituency from 2015 to 2021. He is also on the General Council of NALSAR University of Law.
Not to be confused with Chintala Ramachandra Reddy,Pileru,MLA,who has the same surname.
Nallari Kishore Kumar Reddy also known as Nallari Kishan Kumar Reddy was born on 13 September in the year 1965. He inherits political origins from his father Late Amarnath Reddy who served as a minister in the cabinet of P. V. Narasimha Rao during his period of service (1971-1973) as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh between,who also went on to become the Prime Minister of India (1991-1996). Kishore Kumar Reddy is the younger brother of former Congress Chief Minister Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy of Andhra Pradesh.
Kolusu Partha sarath Yadav is an Indian politician. He represents the YSRCP from Penamaluru Assembly Constituency,Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh. He was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for three terms,in 2004,2009 and 2019. Elected first in 2004 from the Vuyyur Constituency,and then in 2009 and 2019 elected from the Penamaluru Constituency. Parthasarathy joined Telugu Desam Party prior to 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.
Andhra Pradesh,retrospectively referred to as United Andhra Pradesh,Undivided Andhra Pradesh or Ummadi Andhra Pradesh,was a state in India formed by States Reorganisation Act,1956 with Hyderabad as its capital and was reorganised by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act,2014. The state was made up of three distinct cultural regions of Telangana,Rayalaseema,and Coastal Andhra. Before the 1956 reorganisation,Telangana had been part of Hyderabad State ruled by Nizam of Hyderabad,whereas Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra had been part of Andhra State,formerly a part of Madras Presidency ruled by British India.
