Telugu Desam Party, Telangana

Telugu Desam Party, Telangana (Telangana TDP), is a state unit of the Telugu Desam Party in state of Telangana. The headquarters is located in Hyderabad, the capital of the state. The party appointed Kasani Gnaneshwar Mudiraj as the president of the Telangana TDP and currently, he has been serving to this position since November 2022.[1][2]

Telugu Desam Party, Telangana
PresidentKasani Gnaneshwar Mudiraj
Founded2014
HeadquartersNTR Trust, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500096
Student wingTelugu Nadu Students Federation (TNSF)
Youth wingTelugu Yuvata
Women's wingTelugu Mahila
Ideology
Colours  Yellow
Seats in Lok Sabha
0 / 17
Seats in Rajya Sabha
0 / 7
Seats in Telangana Legislative Assembly
0 / 119
Seats in Telangana Legislative Council
0 / 40
Election symbol
Website
https://www.telugudesam.org/

Telangana TDP won 15 seats in the 1st Telangana Legislative Assembly election, held in 2014.[3]

History

After the formation of Telangana, TDP, in alliance with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), fought the 2014 Legislative Assembly election. TDP won 15 seats in the newly formed Telangana Legislative Assembly.[3] TDP also won a Lok Sabha seat from Malkajgiri Lok Sabha constituency in the simultaneously held 2014 Indian general election.[4][5]

In the 2016 Hyderabad civic polls, TDP won one councillor seat out of 150 seats.[6] In the 2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election, TDP won two seats in the 119-member state Assembly, both the seats in Khammam district. It had contested 2018 assembly elections in an alliance with Indian National Congress.[7]

After the bifurcation, Telugu Desham Party created two units for both Telugu states. L. Ramana was appointed as the first president of the Telangana unit of TDP in 2015 and served till July 19, 2021. In July 2021, Telangana TDP appointed Bakkani Narasimhulu as the president.[8]

In November 2022, Kasani Gnaneshwar Mudiraj, a former MLC and BC leader, was appointed as the president of Telangana TDP by N. Chandrababu Naidu.[9] Kasani, who served as the MLC from undivided Andhra Pradesh, has served as the national president of Mudiraj Mahasabha and had a good hold in the BC community. Under his leadership, the party sees revival in the state and has started actively participating in various public gatherings and rallies in Telangana.[10][11][12]

Leadership

Telangana TDP presidents
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Assumed office Left office Ref.
1 L. Ramana


(1961–)

 2015 9 July 2021 [8]
2 Bakkani Narasimhulu


(1960–)

 19 July 2021 4 November 2022
3 Kasani Gnaneshwar Mudiraj


(1954–)

 10 November 2022 Incumbent [9]

Electoral performance

Legislative Assembly elections
Vote share in consecutive Telangana Assembly elections
2018
 
 3.51%
Year Legislature Party leader Seats won Change in seats Percentage
of votes		 Vote swing Popular vote Outcome Ref.
2014 1st Telangana Assembly N. Chandrababu Naidu
15 / 119
 Steady Steady Opposition [13]
2018 2nd Telangana Assembly L. Ramana
2 / 119
 Decrease 13 3.51% Steady 725,845 Others [14]

Lok Sabha elections
Year Legislature Party leader Seats won Change in seats Percentage
of votes		 Vote swing Popular vote Outcome Ref.
2014 16th Lok Sabha N. Chandrababu Naidu
1 / 17
 Steady Steady Others
2019 17th Lok Sabha L. Ramana
0 / 17
 Steady Steady Steady Steady Steady [15]

Activities

On December 21, 2022, the party organized a large public gathering in Khammam district of Telangana to re-energize the party cadre.[16][17] It was attended by TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and TTDP president Kasani Gnaneshwar Mudiraj. A huge crowd attended the gathering held at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Khammam.[18] While addressing the gathering, Chandrababu Naidu appealed to those who quit the party to join other political parties to return to regain the party's past glory.[19] After 2018, it was the first time that TDP organized a show of strength in Telangana.[20][21]

See also

References
  1. "N Chandrababu Naidu appointed Telangana TDP chief". The Times of India. November 5, 2022.
  2. Gowtham, G. (December 13, 2022). "Telangana TDP Can Play A Key Role In AP Election?". India Herald.
  3. "List of Winners in Telangana 2014". Myneta.info. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  4. "Telangana Lok Sabha (General) Election Results 2014". Elections.in. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  5. "TDP's lone Telangana MP, Malla Reddy, joins TRS". Indian Express. June 1, 2016.
  6. "GHMC Election Results 2016: TRS Wins Hyderabad Civic Polls With 99 Seats, Congress, TDP-BJP Combine Routed". India.com. February 15, 2016.
  7. "Telangana Election Results 2018: TRS wins 88 seats, KCR set to return for a second term". Financial Express. December 12, 2018.
  8. Vadlapatla, Sribala (July 20, 2021). "Telangana: Ex-MLA Bakkani Narasimhulu is new TTDP chief". The Times of India.
  9. "Telangana TDP Springs A Big Surprise". Mirchi9.com. 2022-10-14. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
  10. "Telangana TDP Sets 'One Lakh' Target". Mirchi9.com. December 16, 2022.
  11. Satyanarayan, P V (December 8, 2022). "TDP sees revival in TS via Khammam". The Hans India.
  12. "T-TDP's Khammam Meeting Becomes Hot Topic". Mirchi9.com. December 21, 2022.
  13. "Telangana Election Result: Telangana Assembly Election Result | Economic Times". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  14. "Telangana Election Results 2018: TRS wins 88 seats, KCR set to return for a second term". Financialexpress.
  15. The Hindu Net Desk (2019-05-23). "As it happened | Telangana Lok Sabha results 2019: highlights". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
  16. "Chandrababu to address meeting in Khammam on Dec 21". New Indian Express. November 27, 2022.
  17. "N Chandrababu Naidu will hold public meet in Hyderabad too, says Kasani Gnaneshwar". The Times of India. December 20, 2022.
  18. Reddy, B Satyanarayana (22 December 2022). "After rousing reception, Chandrababu invites leaders back to Telangana TDP". New Indian Express.
  19. "Naidu in Telangana: Asks former leaders to return to TDP". Telangana Today. 21 December 2022.
  20. "Chandrababu Naidu confident of TDP regaining lost glory in Telangana". Siasat. 21 December 2022.
  21. "Will revive past glory of TDP in Telangana, says Naidu". Hindustan Times. December 22, 2022.
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