Telugu Desam Party

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP; transl. Party of the Telugu Land) is a political group in India that mainly works in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. It was started by N. T. Rama Rao, a famous Telugu actor, on March 29, 1982. The party aims to help Telugu-speaking people and has won the majority in Andhra Pradesh's state assembly five times. Right now, it leads the state government in Andhra Pradesh. From 1 September 1995, the TDP was led by N. T. Rama Rao's son-in-law, Nara Chandra Babu Naidu as the national president of the party. The headquarters of the party is called N. T. R. Bhavan, which is located at Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh. The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) supports Telugu pride and was created to challenge Congress's dominance. It focuses on helping farmers, disadvantaged groups, and middle-class people. Since the 1990s, it has adopted policies that favor business and economic growth. The TDP uses yellow as the background colour for its flag, with a hut, wheel and plough symbol in front. The party's electoral symbol is bicycle. References