Telugu Desam Party

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has no moral right to speak on the Polavaram project, which is synonymous with Y S Rajasekhar Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has said. Accusing the TDP of not following the technical order in the construction of the project, Reddy said it ended up in the diaphragm wall getting washed away due to floods. TDP chief Nara Chandrababu Naidu has no locus standi to talk about the project as he never spoke about it between 1995 and 2014, the Chief Minister said in a statement on Thursday night. Intervening in a discussion on the project in the Assembly, he made these remarks, dismissing the propaganda' by media houses which found fault with the height of the project. The CM asserted the project will be built to its original height of 45.7 metres but in the first phase it would be limited to 41.15 metres owing to technical reasons and the safety of the dam. Incidentally, Reddy is critical of the media houses which are projecting Naid

Updated On: 24 Mar 2023 | 10:53 AM IST

The two leaders were arrested by the Crime Investigation Department (CID) Police earlier today and moved to the Eluru district.

Updated On: 03 Nov 2022 | 9:31 AM IST

TDP politburo member Bonda Umamaheswara Rao lashed out at the Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy and accused him of "wasting" public money on paying advocates to fight his personal cases

Updated On: 28 Sep 2022 | 6:36 AM IST

"The TDP always stood for social justice. It had in the past supported K R Narayanan and A P J Abdul Kalam for the President's post," TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu said.

Updated On: 11 Jul 2022 | 3:44 PM IST

The Budget session of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature got off to a noisy start here as the opposition TDP members raised slogans and disrupted Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan's customary address

Updated On: 07 Mar 2022 | 6:21 PM IST

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Thursday said that it welcomes the move to honour its founder.

Updated On: 27 Jan 2022 | 7:53 PM IST

Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday said he has tested positive for coronavirus. "I've tested positive for COVID with mild symptoms. I have quarantined myself at home and taking all the necessary precautions. I would request those who came in contact with me to get themselves tested at the earliest. Please be safe and take care," the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh said in a tweet. Chandrababu is now in home isolation at this riverfront residence at Undavalli here. Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy wished Chandrababu a speedy recovery. "Wishing a speedy recovery & good health for Sri @ncbn garu," Jagan said in a tweet. Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan said it was sad that Chandrababu was infected with the coronavirus. "I pray for his speedy recovery," Kalyan said in a statement. On Monday, Chandrababu's son and member of Legislative Council, Nara Lokesh, too tested positive for the virus.

Updated On: 18 Jan 2022 | 6:55 PM IST

Aditi Phadnis analyses whether the launch of yet another party by Sharmila, the daughter of undivided AP, the late YS Rajashekhar Reddy, will make a difference to the complex politics of Telangana

Updated On: 09 Jul 2021 | 11:10 PM IST

Modi and Shah's BJP doesn't need the NDA anymore. Advani's experiment is over, used and discarded

Updated On: 17 Oct 2020 | 12:06 AM IST

Three Rajya Sabha MPs--one from the Congress, one from Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and one from Biju Janata Dal (BJD)--have given zero hour notices in the Upper House to raise different issues

Updated On: 21 Sep 2020 | 9:58 AM IST

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader and former MLA Tangirala Saumya has demanded debt waiver for farmers

Updated On: 18 Sep 2020 | 6:22 AM IST

YSRCP leader Sajjala Reddy slammed N Chandrababu Naidu for his criticism of the YS Jaganmohan Reddy, saying that Naidu was criticising the government as "he could not loot the people any longer"

Updated On: 27 Aug 2020 | 7:01 AM IST

Members of the Telugu Desam Party staged a protest at the party office in Nandigama town in Krishna district demanding Amaravati should continue to remain as the sole capital of Andhra Pradesh

Updated On: 24 Aug 2020 | 7:28 AM IST

TDP Chief Naidu gave an ultimatum to Jaganmohan Reddy to withdraw three capitals decision within 48 hours or abolish the Assembly to seek a fresh public mandate on his decision for trifurcation

Updated On: 04 Aug 2020 | 9:24 AM IST

The Telugu Desam Party has requested the Governor not to give assent to the two Bills as the Legislative Council had disapproved the state government's policy in this regard

Updated On: 18 Jul 2020 | 7:48 PM IST

The Telugu Desam Party chief called Reddy a 'sticker chief minister', stating that he wishes to take credit of schemes introduced during his tenure

Updated On: 07 Jun 2020 | 7:08 AM IST

Not for nothing is Chandrababu Naidu known as the most tech-savvy politician in India.

Updated On: 23 May 2020 | 9:02 PM IST

Through the ordinance, he truncated the term of the SEC from the existing five years to three years

Updated On: 18 Apr 2020 | 10:28 PM IST

Naidu had escaped assassination attempt by Maoists in Tirupati in 2003 when he was the chief minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh.

Updated On: 18 Feb 2020 | 2:42 PM IST

AAP has managed to break through entry barriers for newcomers in our politics - caste, ethnicity, ideology, dynasty - to establish itself as a Delhi party with all-India recognition

Updated On: 08 Jan 2020 | 10:00 PM IST