Nara Chandrababu Naidu,also known as Chandrababu Naidu or CBN,is an Indian politician and the current leader of the 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 has been the president of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) since 1995.
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 National Democratic Alliance is a centre-right to right-wing conservative Indian political alliance led by the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It was founded in 1998 and currently controls the government of India as well as the government of 17 Indian states and one Union territory.
Konidela Chiranjeevi is an Indian actor,film producer and former politician who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He is regarded as one of the most successful and influential actors in the history of Indian cinema. In a career spanning over four decades,he starred in over 150 feature films,predominantly in Telugu,as well as some films in Hindi,Tamil and Kannada. Chiranjeevi won the Andhra Pradesh state's highest film award,the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award,three Nandi Awards,and nine Filmfare Awards South including the Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2024,The Government of India honoured him with Padma Vibhushan,the second highest civilian honour. Earlier In 2006,he was honoured with the Padma Bhushan,India's third-highest civilian award,for his contributions to Indian cinema. In 2013,CNN-IBN named him as one of "the men who changed the face of the Indian Cinema".
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.
Konidela Pawan Kalyan is an Indian actor,politician,filmmaker,martial artist,and philanthropist who primarily works in Telugu cinema. Known for his unique acting style and mannerisms,he has a large fan base and a cult following. One of the highest-paid actors of Indian cinema,he has featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list since 2013 and is the recipient of a Filmfare Award,a SIIMA Award,a CineMAA Award,and a Santosham Film Award. He is also the founder of the Jana Sena Party.
Konidela Nagendra "Naga" Babu is an Indian actor and producer who works in Telugu cinema. As a producer,he won one National Film Award and two Nandi Awards.
S. Pedda Yerikal Reddy was a three-time Lok Sabha MP and Industrialist who headed the Nandi Group of Industries. He was born on 4 June 1950 in the Ankalammagudur village from Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from NIT Warangal and joined the Mumbai-based Bhabha Atomic Research Centre,India's premium nuclear facility. He quit the position of a Scientific Officer in 1977 and set up a plastic containers manufacturing plant in 1979. Thereafter,he diversified his company's operations into PVC pipes manufacturing in 1984 under the name of Nandi Pipes.
Elections in Andhra Pradesh state,India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The Assembly of Andhra Pradesh creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India. In addition,the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to Article 356 of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed.
The Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party is an Indian regional political party based in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Its president,Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy,serves as the state's chief minister. It is currently the fifth largest party in the Lok Sabha with 22 seats.
Pally Babu Mohan known as Babu Mohan is an Indian actor and politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. He prominently works in Telugu films as a comedian and is a former Minister for Labour in Andhra Pradesh. He won Nandi Award for Best Male Comedian for his role in Mamagaru.
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).
Balireddy Prudhviraj is an Indian actor and politician who appears in Telugu films. Known for his comic roles,he has acted in over 100 films. He is popularly known by the moniker 30 Years Industry,which was a dialogue mouthed by him in the 2002 film Khadgam.
Jana Sena or Jana Sena Party (JSP) is an Indian political party based in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was founded by Telugu film star Pawan Kalyan on 14 March 2014.
Kadiri Babu Rao is an Indian politician from the state of Andhra Pradesh. He was the former Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the Kanigiri Assembly constituency representing Telugu Desam Party (TDP). He began his political career in the TDP in mid 1980s and later shifted to YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) in 2020.
Ravela Kishore Babu is an Indian politician. He was an MLA from Prathipadu in the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. He was a former member of the Telugu Desam Party. He quit TDP in 2018 and joined Jana Sena Party. In June 2019 he quit JSP in order to join Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2022 he quit BJP citing personal reasons. In January 2023 he joined BRS.
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.
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.
The 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election is scheduled to be held before May 2024 to elect all 175 members of the state's legislative Assembly.
Arani Srinivasulu,also known as Jangalapalli Srinivasulu and JMC,is a politician from the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. He was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Chittoor Assembly constituency in 2019 on behalf of the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP).
