The Telugu Desam Party is an Indian regional political party primarily active in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was founded by Telugu matinée idol N. T. Rama Rao (NTR) on 29 March 1982 and has focused on supporting Telugu people. 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 ruling party in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Jai Telangana Party,is a defunct political party in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh founded by P. Indra Reddy. JTP existed around 1998 and was part of the Rashtriya Janata Dal-led Jan Morcha in the 1998 elections. JTP worked for a separate Telangana state to be carved out of Andhra Pradesh.
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 Telugu Desam Party (TDP),Janasena Party (JSP),and YSR Congress Party (YSRCP). Other parties that have small presence in the state include the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),Indian National Congress (INC),and Left parties,including both Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Communist Party of India (CPI).
Wanaparthy is a town in the Wanaparthy district of Telangana,India. The first polytechnic college in Telangana started in Wanaparthy. It is located 149 km from the state capital,Hyderabad.
Ekkadu Srinivasan Lakshmi Narasimhan is an Indian former civil servant and politician who served as the first Governor of Telangana. He assumed office of the Governor of Andhra Pradesh on 8 December 2009 until 23 July 2019 making him the longest-serving governor of the state. Later he took on 2 June 2014 as the 1st Governor of Telangana as additional charge. A retired Indian Police Service officer,he previously served as the Director of the Intelligence Bureau from February 2005 to December 2006. He also served as the Governor of Chhattisgarh from 2007 to 2009. Narasimhan served as governor for 12 years making him the longest-serving governor in India.
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.
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. He was a member of the Lok Sabha,representing the Warangal constituency from 2014-2015.
Tatiparthi Jeevan Reddy is an Indian politician who is the current Member of the Telangana Legislative Council from Nizamabad-Adilabad-Medak-Karimnagar Graduates Constituency.
The Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party,often shortened to simply the YSR Congress Party,is an Indian regional political party based in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The party was initially registered with Election Commission of India by Kolishetti Shiva Kumar. Thereafter,the party was taken over by its current president,Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy,having served as the state's chief minister from 2019-2024. It currently has 4 seats in the Lok Sabha.
Duddilla Sridhar Babu is an Indian politician from Indian National Congress and is a member of the Telangana Assembly from Manthani Constituency,Peddapalli district which he won for the fifth time as MLA in December 2023. He is a senior Minister in the Telangana Government holding the crucial portfolios of Information Technology,Electronics &Communication,Industry &Commerce and Legislative Affairs.
Alimineti Madhava Reddy was an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. He was elected four times to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Bhongir constituency representing the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).
Dharmavarapu Kottam Aruna is an Indian politician from Telangana state. She served as a minister in Andhra Pradesh for Information and Public Relations in Y. S. Rajasekhara 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.
Nara Lokesh is an Indian politician serving as the Minister of Information Technology,Electronics and Communications and the Human Resources Development departments in the Government of Andhra Pradesh and the General Secretary of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). He is the son of N. Chandrababu Naidu,the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and leader of the TDP. Lokesh served as the Minister of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development and the Information Technology,Electronics and Communication departments from 2017 to 2019 while being elected as a Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) in 2017.
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
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.
The 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election took place on 30 April and 7 May 2014 to elect members to the legislatures of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was held concurrently with the Indian general election. The results were declared on 16 May 2014. The Telugu Desam Party led by N. Chandrababu Naidu won a majority of the 175 seats in the residual Andhra Pradesh,while Telangana Rashtra Samithi led by K. Chandrashekar Rao won in the new state of Telangana.
Patlolla Indra Reddy (1954–2000) was a four-term member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly,former Home Minister of Andhra Pradesh state and founder of Jai Telangana Party.
Enugala Peddi Reddy is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Huzurabad in the 1994 and 1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Telugu Desam Party. He was sworn in as Minister of State in N. Chandrababu Naidu cabinet from October 1999 to May 2004.
Andhra Pradesh,retrospectively referred to as United Andhra Pradesh,and Undivided 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,whereas Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra had been part of Andhra State,formerly a part of Madras Presidency ruled by British India.
The Andhra Pradesh Decentralisation and Inclusive Development of All Regions Act,2020 is an act of Andhra Pradesh Legislature aimed at the decentralisation of governance in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The bill was proposed by the Government of Andhra Pradesh to establish three capitals at different places in the state namely Visakhapatnam,Amaravati,and Kurnool,which will serve as executive,legislative and judicial capitals respectively.
