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	Telugu Desam Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Telugu Desam Party (Party for Telugu Land) or TDP is a regional political party in India's Andhra Pradesh state.
		In the 13th Lok Sabha (1999-2004), it was the fourth largest party with 29 members.
		The TDP was voted out of power in the state in 1988.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party (558 words)

	Telugu Desam Party -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It was founded by former (A Dravidian language spoken by the Telugu people in southeastern India) Telugu film star (Click link for more info and facts about N.T. Rama Rao) N.T. Rama Rao on March 29 1982.
		After establishing his party, he embraced (Click link for more info and facts about Sanyasa) Sanyasa (or renunciation) and vowed to dedicate himself to the Telugu people and to rejuvenate Telugu pride.
		TDP also won more than 35 (out of 40) (Click link for more info and facts about Lok Sabha) Lok Sabha seats in the 1984 Indian elections.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/te/telugu_desam_party.htm (667 words)

	Teaching South Asia
		But survival of most of the parties depends on their appeal to one or a few segments of the population, based on caste, religion, etc. A positive aspect of this development is that some of the groups or interests which were earlier marginalised could find enough space for themselves within the party system.
		The way the Congress Party was defeated in 1977, 1989 and 1996 or the opposition parties in 1980 and 1991, one has to admit an element of sophistication in the voting strategies of the Indian citizens.
		The change in the party system in India is also an echo of the helpless condition of a modern liberal democratic order.[7] The state, instead of being an umpire which enforces the rules of the game of civil association, has itself become the most potent weapon in the political conflict for resources.
	www.mssu.edu /projectsouthasia/tsa/VIN1/Sarangi.htm (5314 words)

	rediff.com: Telugu Desam Party backs Election Commission in Gujarat standoff
		The party called for more transparency in the process of divestment and gave the example of the Centaur Hotel at Mumbai wherein, within a short time after the sale of the hotel to a private party, it was a resold at a higher price by the buyer to another party.
		The party is also sore with the central government for the meagre drought assistance of Rs 1.75 billion.
		TDP president and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has asked the Telugu Desam Parliamentary Party to raise the issue on the first day of the winter session of the Parliament on Monday.
	www.rediff.com /election/2002/nov/18guj.htm (384 words)

	India: Behind the rout of the Telugu Desam Party-a portrait of World Bank social engineering (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The TDP was one of a cluster of regional parties that came to play a major role in politics at the all-India level during the 1990s.
		But the TDP first gained a real share of power at the national level between 1996 and 1998, when it was one of the main constituents of the United Front government, a combination of regional and caste-based parties, which was supported and largely held together by the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front.
		In an earlier period, India’s regional parties were associated with the attempts of various regional elites to pressure the Congress central government to allocate greater resources to their state.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2004/jun2004/indi-j12.shtml (1977 words)

	GN Online: Telugu Desam Party chalks out options
		Senior politicians in the TDP thinktank appear to suddenly have a common insight into the problem and claim the party has already demanded the sacking of Narendra Modi and as a result it is for the BJP to work on that.
		The TDP, they say, is not against the Vajpayee government and therefore will not bring it down as long as it sticks to the common NDA agenda.
		TDP supremo Nara Chandrababu Naidu has had several meetings with senior party politicians and will continue to have talks with his MPs in the next few crucial days before April 30, but no action plan is expected to be announced till the last minute to avoid any confusion.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/print.asp?ArticleID=48945 (426 words)

	People’s wrath devours Telugu Desam Party - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		For a party that claims to have a cadre-base of a few lakhs spreading down to the villages, the TDP singularly failed to take the gauge of public mood.
		TDP candidates met an ignominious defeat both in the distant Srikakulam and in the capital city of Hyderabad.
		Asked if TDP was seen as a party of the urban areas and of the middle class, he said it was not so considering even urban constituencies had voted out the TDP candidates.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/May122004/ap1.asp (983 words)

	Telugu Desam Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In this period, he also played a significant role in national politics by pledging support to the then prime Ministers V.P. Singh and Chandrasekhar (who formed coalition governments in the absence of absolute majority for their respective parties).
		In 1995, Nara Chandrababu Naidu, finance minister and the son-in-law of NTR (who is married to NTR's daughter through his first wife) over threw N.T. Rama Rao's government by gathering a consensus of majority MLAss.
		NTR the founder-member, ironically had to rename what was left of his party as "TDP-NTR".
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/telugu_desam_party (730 words)

	Telugu cinema news - idlebrain.com - 2004 Andhra Pradesh assembly elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		She was requested to campaign for TDP in certain constituencies as TDP is having alliance with BJP in AP.
		Telugu Desam Party has 2 sitting MLAs (Babu Mohan and Chengala Venkat Rao) and 1 sitting MP (Dr. Rama Naidu) from film circle.
		The TDP media wing is preparing visuals for a song which would be broadcasted during the campaign time for the forthcoming elections.
	www.idlebrain.com /news/2000march20/2004elections.html (2571 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> India -> TDP to launch BJP-style drive to highlight its feats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hyderabad: Taking a cue from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s "Gaon Gaon Chalo, Ghar Ghar Chalo" campaign, the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh will be launching a similar programme next month, virtually setting the tone for next year's Assembly polls.
		Announcing the programme at a party meeting, the TDP supremo and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu exhorted partymen to effectively blunt the Opposition charges by explaining to the people the benefits of a plethora of welfare schemes being implemented by his government.
		The mass contact programme was aimed at establishing a "two-way communication with people" by activising the party committees at various levels starting from polling booth level, he said.
	news.indiainfo.com /2003/08/25/25tdp.html (333 words)

	An ally's dilemma
		The party's response began with a formal condemnation of the February 27 Godhra carnage and the violent reprisals.
		Strict adherence to secularism was a major condition that the TDP had put forth for its support to the NDA, but the cataclysmic events in Gujarat had "tarnished India's secular image," he said.
		The party argued that the incidents could not be viewed as an internal issue of the State as their impact was felt across the country.
	www.flonnet.com /fl1910/19100170.htm (1167 words)

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		It is a party that stands committed to the defence of the regional aspirations and hopes.
		The Telugu Desam party, as a partner of the United Front, strove to provide a system of governance founded on the pillars of unity, stability, secularism, development and distributive justice.
		Telugu Desam Party's supremo, the founder of the TDP, started a residential school for the first time in the Indian history.
	parliamentofindia.nic.in /lsdeb/ls12/ses1/0228039810.htm (2633 words)

	Singapore Telugu Mitrulu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		NTR built his Telugu Desam Party with the support of media baron Ramoji Rao, who owns Eenadu, the largest circulated newspaper in the state, and Congress dissident Kotla Bhaskara Rao, who later staged a coup against NTR in August 1984, with Indira Gandhi's help, and became chief minister for a while.
		In January 1983, the TDP was catapulted to power with an absolute majority, winning 198 of the 294 assembly seats.
		It was the first political party in India that issued a Vision 2020 document, which foresees an Andhra Pradesh where poverty is eradicated; where every citizen has access to not just the basic necessities but to all opportunities that will help him lead a happy and fulfilling life.
	groups.msn.com /singaporetelugumitrulu/telugutejam.msnw (826 words)

	Indiainfo.com -> News -> Spotlight -> Elections 2004 -> AP BJP workers protest over allotment of seats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		State party president N Indrasena Reddy, who was present in the party office, tried in vain to pacify the enraged workers, who gheraoed him and shouted slogans against the State leadership.
		The demonstrators alleged that the party was "prostrating before TDP and hurting the sentiments of party workers".
		The saffron party's decision to give away Mahaboobnagar Lok Sabha seat and Nalgonda, Malakpet, Shadnagar, Alampur and Nizamabad Assembly seats, which it had contested in the previous elections, triggered angry reaction from party workers.
	news.indiainfo.com /spotlight/elections2004/2503apbjp.html (306 words)

	Biographies & Speeches (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Naidu was the General Secretary of Telugu Desam Party since 1985, in which capacity he was instrumental in building up an effective party organization from the grass roots.
		He served as Coordinator of the Telugu Desam Party, in which capacity he effectively handled the party’s role of main opposition in the assembly which won him wide appreciation from both the party and the public.
		His role during this phase both inside the legislative assembly and outside was a critical factor for the subsequent success of the party at the hustings.
	www.asiasociety.org /conference01/html/bio_naidu.html (2658 words)

	Excelsior... Nation
		Mr Reddy charged that the Telugu Desam Party had itself abolished 1375 posts of agriculture officers in 1997 through a GO and stated that there would be no further recruitment for these posts.
		He alleged that the then TDP Government had given extention to the MPEOs only for electoral gains and was now shedding crocodile tears to gain their sympathy.
		Hectic preparations are on for the re-enactment of the historic dandi march on its 75th anniversary from Sabarmati Ashram on March 12, traversing the same path taken by Mahatma Gandhi, in an apparent message to the Sangh Parivar in BJP stronghold of Gujarat.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/05feb25/national.htm (5284 words)

	Jai Telangana Party
		Jai Telangana Party, a political party in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
		Reddy had been the Home Minister of AP in the Telugu Desam Party cabinet.
		When TDP split after Chandrababu Naidu's internal coup, Reddy sided with Lakshmi Parvathi and her parallell TDP, NTR Telugu Desam Party (Lakshmi Parvathi).
	encycl.opentopia.com /term/Jai_Telangana_Party (144 words)

	The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh News : A setback to Telugu Desam Party
		Reddy on the ground that a prima facie case was established against the MLA in the form of a taped conversation with the prime accused, Abdul Kareem Telgi.
		Krishna Yadav had himself questioned the TDP's double standards in continuing Kodela Sivaprasada Rao and Ramasubba Reddy, both facing criminal cases, while ousting him from the party.
		The TDP refused to budge even when a Division Bench of the High Court comprising Justice Bilal Nazki and Justice K. Bhanu expressed "dismay" at Mr.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2004/12/23/stories/2004122307090400.htm (487 words)

	AndhraNews.net - About Telugu Desam Party Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Telugu Desam Party has fixed May 4 as the date for polls of District Committees.
		Convener of TDP State Election Committee said that once the elections are completed, mini-Mahadu's will be held in two-phases - once between May 8 and 9 and later on May 10 and 11.
		TDP organised Mahanadu program (usually annual) where in party functionaries from round the state meet to discuss on various issues that effect the party.
	www.andhranews.net /elections/parties/tdp.asp (1193 words)

	ipedia.com: List of political parties in India Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Consequently, political parties in India are classified as national and state (regional) parties based on their realms of influence.
		Akali Dal (Party of Akal - The elderly clique of Sikhs) (Punjab)
		Telugu Desam Party ("Party of the Telugu Land") (Andhra Pradesh)
	www.ipedia.com /list_of_political_parties_in_india.html (543 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: Harikrishna splits Telugu Desam Party
		Harikrishna, son of the late TDP founder Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, had raised the banner of revolt against the chief minister earlier this month.
		Harikrishna said his party would live up to NTR's ideals by implementing pro-poor schemes such as cheap rice, subsidised power for the agricultural sector, and prohibition if voted to power in the assembly election due in November.
		Now, with the assembly election hardly 10 months away, he said it would be wrong on his part as a "worthy son" of NTR not to raise certain issues that were either diluted or buried totally by the party.
	www.rediff.com /news/1999/jan/27ntr.htm (475 words)

	January 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kim Beazley is re-elected to the leadership of the Australian Labor Party unopposed, succeeding Mark Latham, in the fourth leadership change since losing government in 1996.
		Mark Latham, leader of Australia's opposition Labor Party, resigns from his position and from parliament due to ill health.
		Zhao Ziyang, former Premier of the People's Republic of China and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, dies at age 85.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/January_2005 (4788 words)

	AndhraNews.Net - Telugu Desam Party Mahanadu program ends
		TDP Resolution was introduced at the Mahanadu held at Visakhapatnam today.
		He blamed the Congress party for the delay in conduction of Local elections in various Panchayats.
		He said in confidence that it is the Telugu Desam Party that will be winning in the upcoming Panchayat Elections.
	www.andhranews.net /state/2001may/29.asp (454 words)

	TeluguPeople.com - Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Hyderabad: With the Telugu Desam supreme Chandra Babu Naidu deciding to remain “undecided” over the censure motion which is slated for voting in the Lok Sabha tomorrow (April 30, 2002), political pundits have been having a field day predicting as to what is in store in the Lower House of Parliament in Delhi.
		If the party adopts the second option of voting in favour of the censure motion, it will be credited with standing upright for the cause of secularism, even at the cost of losing a comfortable bargain at center.
		Although there has been a reported element of disenchantment within the Telugu Desam Parliamentary Party with regard to the choice of obvious action, it is unlikely that any of the members adapt any strategy that displeases their leader.
	www.telugupeople.com /discussion/article.asp?id=54 (533 words)

	The Hindu : Front Page : Landslide for Congress in local polls
		However, the overall fortunes of the parties are likely to alter, though marginally, on September 30 when councillors and corporators assemble to elect their respective civic chiefs.
		In Chittoor, home district of TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu, Guntur, Kurnool, Cuddapah and Srikakulam, the TDP is in no position to get its partymen elected chairpersons or Mayor.
		Congress leaders believe that the TDP was routed mainly because of its negative campaign, much of it directed against the Chief Minister.
	www.thehindu.com /2005/09/27/stories/2005092711420100.htm (600 words)

	GN Online: Congress woos Jayaprada
		Some years ago, she was the Telugu Desam Party's secret weapon.
		Her efforts were rewarded with a Rajya Sabha nomination in 1996 and when Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu came to the helm, he made her the President of the Telugu Mahila, the women's wing of the Telugu Desam Party.
		A lot of people from various political parties have approached me, and my doors are open," she said.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/print.asp?ArticleID=96410 (417 words)

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