Elections 2024: Elections that shaped India | The rise of the Telugu Desam Party
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Elections 2024: Elections that shaped India | The rise of the Telugu Desam Party

The Hindu  

“Telugu Vaari Atma Gauravam” — this was the clarion call of the Telugu Desam Party, founded by beloved Telugu superstar Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao in March 1982, purportedly to counter the self-respect of the Telugu people being “bartered away in the streets of Delhi,” in his words. Reasons for birth of TDP The Congress under former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was the dominant political party in Andhra Pradesh during the time, ruling virtually unopposed since the State’s formation in 1953. The author also claims NTR started following the political developments in Andhra Pradesh only after his daughter Bhuvaneswari married Chandrababu Naidu, the current TDP chief who was then a Minister in the 1981 Congress Cabinet in the State. The Congress manoevres to dismiss NTR as Chief Minister in August 1984 earned his ire and brough him closer to national opposition parties like the Janata Party, Bharatiya Janata Party and the Left parties. At time, TDP leader Raghuma Reddy is reported to have said, “Like in his movies, Rama Rao wants everything to happen in three hours.” The end of the NTR era NTR’s third term was short lived, as a family crisis broke out in the party.

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The Quint  

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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News 18  

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Al Jazeera  

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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Live Mint  

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The Hindu  

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Andhra Assembly poll result highlights: TDP wins, Naidu swearing-in on June 9
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Hindustan Times  

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Huge voting percentage indicates anti-incumbency: Vizianagaram MP candidate

The Hindu  

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New Indian Express  

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The Hindu  

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India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam General Secretary and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Edappadi K Palaniswami today lashed out at the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying that both have failed to honour the poll promises they made. EPS said that the people of the state were anxious about Tamil Nadu …

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Turmoil in Telugu Desam Over Controversial Candidate Pick in Satyavedu

Deccan Chronicle  

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Ex-Telangana governor T Soundararajan to contest LS poll from Chennai South. Who is she?
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Ex-Telangana governor T Soundararajan to contest LS poll from Chennai South. Who is she?

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday released its third list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, fielding ex-Telangana governor and BJP leader Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan from the Chennai South parliamentary constituency. Ex Telangana governor Tamilisai Soundararajan Soundararajan, who resigned as the Governor of Telangana and the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, re-joined the saffron camp in presence of Tamil …

PMK accepts BJP's leadership in Tamil Nadu for 2024 polls: Know significance of Ramadoss-led party
9 months ago

PMK accepts BJP's leadership in Tamil Nadu for 2024 polls: Know significance of Ramadoss-led party

India TV News  

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AP Elections 2024: Telugu Desam Party-Jana Sena Party alliance to release joint manifesto on March 17
9 months, 2 weeks ago

AP Elections 2024: Telugu Desam Party-Jana Sena Party alliance to release joint manifesto on March 17

The Hindu  

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To join or not to? BJP’s dilemma on tie-up with TDP-JSP for Andhra Pradesh elections continues
9 months, 3 weeks ago

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The Hindu  

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

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India TV News  

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DC Edit | Modi leads BJP's charge to make gains in South
11 months, 2 weeks ago

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Deccan Chronicle  

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Why is the Telugu Desam Party not contesting the election today?
1 year ago

Why is the Telugu Desam Party not contesting the election today?

Hindustan Times  

The final reason for the TDP withdrawing from the Telangana election may be the arrest of TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu in corruption cases in September, just months ahead of the election in Telangana. However, TDP’s contested vote share in the Telangana region decreased by 15 percentage points between 2009 and 2014 to just 24%. This continued in 2014 when …

Why is the Telugu Desam Party not contesting the election today?
1 year ago

Why is the Telugu Desam Party not contesting the election today?

Hindustan Times  

The Telugu Desam Party will not contest the assembly elections in Telangana scheduled for November 30. This is the first time the party will not contest an assembly election in the state since at least 1985, the first time it contested an election in the Telangana region officially. This shows that while the TDP has always contested a smaller share …

Telangana election 2023: Which political parties support BJP, Congress and BRS
1 year, 1 month ago

Telangana election 2023: Which political parties support BJP, Congress and BRS

Live Mint  

With the Telangana Assembly Election 2023 less than a month away, political parties are busy forming new allies, while calling off the older ones at the same time. Support for Congress: The Telangana Jana Samithi party has extended its "unconditional support to the Congress" in the upcoming state assembly elections, the Congress was quoted by ANI as saying. Besides, the …

Telugu Desam, JS and CPI Leaders Meet at Vizag TD Office
1 year, 2 months ago

Telugu Desam, JS and CPI Leaders Meet at Vizag TD Office

Deccan Chronicle  

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Telugu Desam, BJP May Explore Electoral Alliance in Andhra Pradesh
1 year, 2 months ago

Telugu Desam, BJP May Explore Electoral Alliance in Andhra Pradesh

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telugu Desam and the Bharatiya Janata Party are likely to start talks on forging an electoral alliance in Andhra Pradesh, making it a three-party front, along with Jana Sena, against the YSR Congress. According to reliable sources, Hindutva organisations including the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh were “deeply concerned” about “widespread religious conversions” in the state and had been looking …

YSRC takes lead in choosing candidates from Tirupati district
1 year, 2 months ago

YSRC takes lead in choosing candidates from Tirupati district

Deccan Chronicle  

Tirupati: The ruling YSRC has surged ahead of its rivals, in particular Telugu Desam Party, in selecting its candidates for the upcoming assembly general elections in Tirupati district. Party’s regional coordinator and Rajya Sabha MP V. Vijayasai Reddy met district party leaders and members of all seven constituencies for two days. Thereafter, a decision has been taken on three more …

An extract from ‘NTR — A Political Biography’: The Telugu superstar’s dramatic entry into politics
1 year, 6 months ago

An extract from ‘NTR — A Political Biography’: The Telugu superstar’s dramatic entry into politics

The Hindu  

As a Telugu superstar, Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao or NTR was not interested in politics, but the story goes that he began following political developments in Andhra Pradesh after his daughter married Chandrababu Naidu, a minister in Tanguturi Anjaiah’s cabinet. In NTR: A Political Biography, to mark his centenary year, Ramachandra Murthy Kondubhatla reappraises NTR’s life and legacy. NTR started …

TD leaders say they would grab power in next polls
1 year, 7 months ago

TD leaders say they would grab power in next polls

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: Telugu Desam leaders have expressed confidence that the party would seize power in the 2024 assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh. TD leaders said large numbers of people are thronging the public meetings of party chief Nara Chandrababu Naidu and the Yuvagalam Padayatra of Nara Lokesh. TD politburo member and former finance minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu said Jagan Reddy is answerable …

Who will be Opposition’s PM candidate for 2024 polls? Congress says…
1 year, 9 months ago

Who will be Opposition’s PM candidate for 2024 polls? Congress says…

Live Mint  

As the 2024 Lok Sabha elections draw nearer, Opposition leaders have repeatedly issued calls for unity. Kharge noted that a Congress-DMK alliance in Tamil Nadu had led to Lok Sabha victories in 2004 and 2009 as well as state Assembly victories in 2006 and 2021. “We should continue to strenghten our alliance and lead foundation for the 2024 Lok Sabha …

1967: DMK becomes first regional party to form government
2 years, 4 months ago

1967: DMK becomes first regional party to form government

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 12, 2022 06:00 IST It was a memorable victory and it made history. In 1967, when the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government rode to power in the State of Madras, it marked the very first win for a regional party in India. It was also significant because it established two strong Dravidian parties in Tamil Nadu, which till …

No role for regional parties in national politics
2 years, 6 months ago

No role for regional parties in national politics

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Decisions of Chief Ministers of the two Telugu states — K. Chandrashekar Rao and Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy – on the Presidential election, though divergent, have once again exposed the increasingly limited roles that the regional parties could play on the national political stage. Jagan Mohan Reddy, in a repeat of 2017, extended unconditional support to Prime Minister Narendra …

BJP's Jaya Prada To Contest Lok Sabha Polls From Rajahmundry in 2024?
2 years, 6 months ago

BJP's Jaya Prada To Contest Lok Sabha Polls From Rajahmundry in 2024?

News 18  

Actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada, who lost her Rampur seat to Samajwadi Party’s Azam Khan in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, is planning to contest the next polls from her home state Andhra Pradesh. And after losing polls in 2019, Jaya Prada is now looking at playing an active role in Andhra Pradesh BJP. Jaya joined TDP in 1994 at the age …

Breaking News, June 3 | Highlights
2 years, 6 months ago

Breaking News, June 3 | Highlights

India TV News  

P Chidambaram and Rajeev Shukla of the Congress, BJP's Sumitra Valmiki and Kavita Patidar, former Congress leader Kapil Sibal, RJD's Misa Bharti and Jayant Chaudhary of the RLD were among the 41 winners declared elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha on Friday. Of the 11 candidates declared elected in Uttar Pradesh, eight are from BJP, one each from AAP, Jharkhand Mukti …

Andhra Pradesh parties get into poll mode
2 years, 8 months ago

Andhra Pradesh parties get into poll mode

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: A political storm is going to hit Andhra Pradesh as the ruling YSR Congress and Opposition parties are expected to begin their activities in the run-up to the 2024 General Elections, when voters would elect the new Assembly and also the new MPs from the state for Parliament. This time, however, political campaigns aimed at voters for the 2024 …

Tamil Nadu Election Results 2021: Modi, Rajini Wish Stalin for DMK Win, Kamal Haasan Loses in Coimbatore
3 years, 7 months ago

Tamil Nadu Election Results 2021: Modi, Rajini Wish Stalin for DMK Win, Kamal Haasan Loses in Coimbatore

News 18  

The DMK, led by MK Stalin, has a clear edge over the ruling AIADMK front. The DMK and its allies, including the Congress, is leading in 155 Assembly constituencies, while the ruling AIADMK is set to emerge victorious in 70 seats and its allies, the PMK and BJP were ahead in five and four constituencies, according to last reports provided …

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