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Hyderabad Will the Telugu Desam Party( TDP) formerly again be revived in Telangana? TDP supremo and Andhra Pradesh chief minister, who's coming to Hyderabad for sanctioned purposes on Friday evening, is going to also preside over a meeting with TDP Telangana leaders on Sunday, July 7.
He's likely to bandy the matter of appointing a new state head, among other material effects. With Naidu formerly again back in power in Andhra Pradesh as principal minister, it's likely that he'll appoint a new chairman for Telangana then after the last bone – Kasani Gnaneshwar Mudiraj – quit last October after the TDP decided not to dispute the Telangana state pates.
The TDP had decided not to dispute the Assembly choices as it was facing bleak prospects, after times of decline post Telangana’s conformation in 2014. A TDP functionary toldSiasat.com that Naidu will land in Hyderabad on Friday, and meet Telangana principal minister Revanth Reddy on Saturday, July 6, to bandy bifurcation issues The issue of having a new chairman will also be taken up, ” he added.
The TDP’s fortunes in Telangana haven't been great since the state’s conformation in 2014. In the first indeed Assembly choices that time, though the TDP came to power in Andhra, it won just 15 seats out of 119 then( in alliance with the BJP). The Bharat Rashtra Samithi( BRS, also TRS), came to power by winning 63 seats.
BRS supremo and also principal minister K Chandrshekar Rao( KCR) soon finagled desertions from the TDP and other parties, including the Congress, nearly ending the opposition in the Assembly. In the 2018 pates, the TDP surprised everyone by joining hands with its long term nemesis Congress. still both failed as they could win just two and 19 seats, while the BRS stormed to power with 88 seats. ultimately, both the TDP MLAs and 12 Congress lawmakers also switched sides to the BRS.
The TDP more or less came defunct, as utmost of its cade had shifted to the BRS, Congress or BJP. In fact, current Telangana Congress principal minister Revanth Reddy was the working chairman of the TDP then before joining the grand old party. He's also believed to be Naidu’s protege.
A political critic who didn't want to be quoted said that while it's doubtful that the TDP will recapture its earlier political space in Telangana, it could try and capture some votes in areas where there are settlers from Andhra. “ That might help it contest in limited capacities at best, ” he added.
