The Telugu Desam Party is an Indian Telugu regionalist political party with 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 ruling party in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
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.
Thummala Nageswara Rao is a Congress politician who has been a minister in the Government of Andhra Pradesh and,later,in the Government of Telangana. In main portfolios He is from the Khammam district.
Mallu Ravi is an Indian politician. He is the Senior Vice President of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee. He was a Member of Parliament in 13th Lok Sabha. He was Andhra Pradesh State Government's special representative in Delhi.
Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka is an Indian politician currently serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of Telangana. He represents Madhira constituency in the Telangana Legislative assembly. He previously served as the Leader of Opposition in Telangana Legislative Assembly. He was elected as the Member of Legislative Assembly in 2009 and 2014 elections. He was the Chief Whip for Government of Andhra Pradesh from 2009 to 2011 and also served as the Deputy Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 2011 to 2014. He belongs to the INC.
Konda Surekha is an Indian politician currently serving as the Cabinet Minister for Forest and Environment,and Endowments in the Government of Telangana. She represents Warangal East assembly constituency in the Telangana Legislative assembly. She previously represented Shyampeta and Parakala constituencies in the Telangana legislative assembly. She is a member of the Indian National Congress party.
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. Sridhar Babu is one of the senior most leaders in the Telangana Congress Party,and is an AICC All India Congress Committee Secretary attached to the AICC General Secretary,in charge of Karnataka since July 2022.He was the Minister for Civil Supplies,Consumer Affairs,Legal Metrology and Legislative Affairs in the United Government of Andhra Pradesh prior to that state being divided.
Patnam Mahender Reddy is an Indian politician from Telangana. He is a four time MLA and former minister in the TRS and BRS governments.
Jupally Krishna Rao is an Indian politician and was Minister of Telangana. He was elected as MLA in the Telangana Legislative Assembly from Kollapuram and won elections 5 times. He lost in 2018 assembly elections.
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).
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.
Nalamada Uttam Kumar Reddy is a politician and former Indian Air Force pilot from the Indian state of Telangana. He is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Nalgonda constituency. He served as Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Kodad between 1999 and 2009 and from Huzurnagar between 2009 and 2019. He served as the president of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee from February 2015 until June 2021. He served as the Minister of Housing,Weaker Selection Housing Programmes in N. Kiran Kumar Reddy's ministry.
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
The Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee or (TPCC) is the state unit of the Indian National Congress (INC) in the state of Telangana,India. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state,as well as selecting candidates for local,state,and national elections. The current president of the Telangana PCC is Anumula Revanth Reddy. The committee has a long history of political influence in the united Andhra Pradesh state,however,it has faced challenges in recent years,including a decline in electoral support,particularly after the formation of Telangana as a separate state in 2014.
The 2015 cash-for-votes scam was a political scandal in India,the second scandal of its kind since the 2008 cash-for-votes scandal. The 2015 political scandal started off when the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders of Telangana state were caught in a video footage,aired in the media,offering bribes to a nominated MLA,Elvis Stephenson,for his vote in the 2015 elections of the Telangana Legislative Council. The TDP MLA Revanth Reddy was arrested by the Telangana Police when he was offering Rs. 50 lakhs to Stephenson. Reddy was then presented before the court and was sent to jail. Similarly,with N. Chandrababu Naidu,the then Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister,with Stephenson was aired in the news media.
Mohammed Ali Shabbir is an Indian politician who had served as the Opposition Leader of Telangana Legislative Council from 4 April 2015 to 22 December 2018.
Katipally Venkata Ramana Reddy is an Indian politician and member of legislative assembly from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who represents Kamareddy constituency in the Telangana Legislative Assembly. In 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election he created History as he defeated both the incumbent Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao and the then to-be-elected Chief Minister Revanth Reddy. He defeated his nearest rival,KCR,by 6741 votes.
Bomma Mahesh Kumar Goud is an Indian politician from Telangana. He was elected unanimously as member of the Telangana Legislative Council under the MLA quota on 22 January 2024. He is also the Working President of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee since 28 June 2021.
Gillella Chinna Reddy is an Indian politician from Telangana state. He is a senior member of Indian National Congress and won Wanaparthy Assembly constituency seat for four times and served as minister for Rural Development in undivided Andhra Pradesh.
Tellam Venkata Rao is an Indian politician who is currently serving as a member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly from Bhadrachalam since 23 December 2023.
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