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. Naidu served as Chief Minister from 1995 to 2004 and as Opposition Leader from 2004 to 2014 in the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh. He held the position of Chief Minister for the third time in the bifurcated Andhra Pradesh from 2014 to 2019. Presently in his eighth term as a legislator, he holds the record for being the longest-tenured Chief Minister in United Andhra Pradesh. He is the National President of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) 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 15 Indian states and one Union territory.
Chiranjeevi is an Indian actor, film producer and former politician. 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 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".
Pawan Kalyan is an Indian politician, actor, filmmaker, and philanthropist. He works in Telugu cinema and is the recipient of a Filmfare Award, a SIIMA Award, a CineMAA Award and a Santosham Film Award. He has featured in Forbes India's Celebrity 100 list in the years 2013, 2017, and 2018. He is also the founder of Jana Sena Party.
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.
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.
The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly or Āndhra Pradēś Śāsana Sabha is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state, Andhra Pradesh.
Yeduguri Sandinti Jagan Mohan Reddy, also known as Y. S. Jagan or mononymously Jagan, is an Indian politician serving as the current chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. He is the founder and president of the Indian political party, YSR Congress Party (YSRCP). He is also the son of Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
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. Its president, Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, is charged with 31 criminal cases including criminal conspiracy, cheating, dishonesty, inducing delivery of property, accepting bribes, criminal breach of trust, forgery, criminal misconduct by public servant, and corruption.
Nadendla Manohar is an Indian politician who served as the Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He was the last speaker of the United Andhra Pradesh before the formation of the Telangana state on 2 June 2014. Nadendla Manohar was sworn in as the 18th Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly on 4 June 2011. A two-time Member of the Legislative Assembly in Andhra Pradesh. On 12 October 2018 he joined in Jana Sena Party.
Cameraman Gangatho Rambabu is a 2012 Indian Telugu-language political action film written and directed by Puri Jagannadh. The film stars Pawan Kalyan, Tamanna, and Gabriela Bertante, Prakash Raj and Kota Srinivasa Rao. Mani Sharma composed the soundtrack and background score, while Shyam K. Naidu and S. R. Shekhar handled the cinematography and editing. It was the second collaboration between Kalyan and Jagannadh after 12 years since Badri (2000).
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.
The Indian state of Telangana was founded in 2014. Its territory had formerly been part of Andhra Pradesh. The Telangana movement was instrumental in the creation of the new state, and Telangana Rashtra Samithi, a party which led the Telangana movement after 2001, forms the government in the Telangana Legislative Assembly under Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao.
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.
On 26 January 2017, protests started throughout Andhra Pradesh, with a demand that 'Special Category Status' (SCS) be applied to the state, which was promised by the Congress Government during the state bifurcation.
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.
Kethamreddy Vinod Reddy is an Indian politician and the former state general secretary of the Indian Youth Congress, Andhra Pradesh. At present, he is working as Nellore City Incharge of Jana Sena Party post 2019 General Elections by contesting as MLA Candidate of the party.
The next Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election is scheduled to be held before June 2024 to elect all 175 members of the state's legislative Assembly.
Bheemla Nayak is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language action thriller film directed by Saagar K Chandra from a screenplay by Trivikram Srinivas. It is an official remake of the 2020 Malayalam film Ayyappanum Koshiyum. The film stars Pawan Kalyan and Rana Daggubati in lead roles.
