Tag: Tdp

Junior NTR had campaigned for Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP in 2009, but stayed away from active politics.

Berhampur: The ruling party in Andhra Pradesh, Telgu Desam Party (TDP) will enter Odisha to fulfill its ambition of becoming a national party. Addressing the Vikas Utsav rally in here today, TDP leader and Union minister Ashok Gajapati Raju clarified that the party will extend its footprints in Odisha which would help achieve national party […]

Bhubaneswar: The Telgu Desam Party (TDP), which rules Andhra Pradesh, is preparing a blueprint to target Telugu voters in Odisha to strengthen its organization in neighbouring Odisha as part of its efforts to extend its footprint beyond Andhra and fulfill its ambition of becoming a national party. With the focus on the 2019 general elections, […]

Vijayawada: Congress party in Andhra Pradesh has decided to go alone in the ensuing simultaneous elections to the State Assembly and Lok Sabha. Party’s central leader Oommen Chandy, who is incharge of party affairs in Andhra Pradesh, on Wednesday said Congress had decided to contest all 175 Assembly and all 25 Lok Sabha seats. The […]

Chennai: Continuing his efforts to forge a grand alliance against the BJP in the next Lok Sabha elections, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Friday met DMK President M.K. Stalin and urged opposition parties to sink their differences in the interest of the nation and democracy. “We are all together in bringing parties on […]

Bengaluru: TDP chief and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday termed his joining hands with other party leaders an attempt to save the nation and democracy, and accused the BJP-led Central government of “destroying” institutions like the CBI and the RBI. Speaking to reporters after meeting Janata Dal (Secular) supremo and former […]

Visakhapatnam: Maoists today shot dead a ruling TDP MLA and a former party leader in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam district, police said. The incident occurred near Thutangi village, about 125 km from coastal city of Visakhapatnam. K. Sarveswara Rao, belonging to Telugu Desam Party (TDP), was representing Araku constituency in the Andhra Pradesh state Assembly. The […]

Vijayawada: Popular actor and TDP legislator N. Balakrishna on Saturday said he would not like to make Pawan Kalyan a hero by reacting to his allegations and declared that he is the ‘superstar’. “I don’t want to make somebody a hero by reacting. I am the superstar,” said Balakrishna when his reaction was sought by […]

New Delhi/Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh’s ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Friday decided to pull out of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and move a no-confidence motion against the government over its refusal to grant special category status to the state, party leaders said. TDP Rajya Sabha MP YS Chowdary said, “Yes our party (TDP) […]

Vijayawada: TDP MP Kesineni Nani and MLA Bonda Uma on Sunday apologised to Andhra Pradesh State Transport Commissioner N. Bala Subramanyam for allegedly misbehaving with him. This followed a threat by Transport Department employees to go on pen-down strike from Monday and the subsequent intervention by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MP […]

Hyderabad: Intensifying its probe in the cash-for-vote scam, Telangana’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday began questioning Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader V. Narender Reddy while another leader Sandra Venkata Veeraiah is yet to appear before the investigating agency. The ACB late on Tuesday had served notice on TDP legislator Sandra Venkata Veeraiah and another leader […]

Bhubaneswar: The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) will field candidates during the upcoming 2019 general Assembly and Lok Sabha polls in Odisha, in-charge of the state party unit Rajesh Putra informed. According to Putra, TDP will field candidates in 52 Assembly constituencies and five Lok Sabha seats most of which lie in the six southern districts […]

Guntur (AP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday launched a scathing attack on Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP supremo Chandrababu Naidu, saying he has made a “U-turn” on promises of development to the state and only trying to replicate NDA government’s schemes “Our government gave to Andhra Pradesh much more than what was mentioned in […]

New Delhi: There may be a Grand Alliance at the national level even before the Lok Sabha elections between parties like the Congress, TMC, AAP and TDP, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said here on Tuesday. He also said that other secular parties would join the alliance after the elections because of some […]

Hyderabad: The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) will not contest Lok Sabha elections in Telangana, party sources said on Sunday. With several top leaders defecting to the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and remaining leaders not keen to contest the polls, the TDP’s Telangana unit is understood to have decided not to field candidates for next […]