Rayalaseema Parirakshana Samithi

Rayalaseema Parirakshana Samithi (RPS) is a regional political party in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh with the main aim of creating a new state, Rayalaseema. The party was founded by former Telugu Desam Party leader Byreddy Rajasekhara Reddy in 2013 to champion the cause for a separate Rayalaseema state after the resolution passed on 30 July 2013 to carve out the state of Telangana from the pre-existing state of Andhra Pradesh.[1]

Rayalaseema Parirakshana Samithi
రాయలసీమ పరిరక్షణ సమితి
ChairpersonByreddy Rajasekhar Reddy
Founded2013
Dissolved2017
HeadquartersKurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India
IdeologyRayalaseema regionalism
ECI StatusUnrecognised Party
Seats in Lok Sabha0
Seats in Rajya Sabha0
Election symbol
gas cylinder
Website

References

  1. Kalavalapalli, Yogendra (5 March 2014). "Now, trouble brews over capital for Seemandhra". Live Mint. Retrieved 12 March 2014.


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