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Chandrababu Naidu re-elected as party president for the second time
Monday, May 29, 2017
AU Engineering College grounds-Visakhapatnam
In the annual Mahanadu that concluded today has elected Nara Chandrababu Naid as the Telugu Desam Party’s national president for the second time unopposed.
As many as 30 sets of nominations were filed on his behalf by the party leaders and no other leader filed nomination. Telangana TDP leader E.Peddi Reddy was the returning officer. Deputy Chief Minister Nimmakayala Chinarajappa TDP AP president and Minister for Energy Kimidi Kala Venkata Rao and his counterpart L.Ramana were present when Chandrababu took oath. Chandrababu Naidu thanked the rank and file for reposing faith in him. He took oath in the name of God.
It may be recalled that Chandrababu Naidu has been heading the party after replacing president and Chief Minister N.T.Rama Rao in 1995 and was elected for nine times the party president. Sources said that the party plans to expand to Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar.
Chandrababu putting an end to the speculation that the party would continue to have alliance with BJP in the elections. He directed the cadre not to talk on the alliance. ‘Even if BJPP leaders criticize us, none of our leaders should react. Any deviation will be treated as violation of party discipline and stern action will be taken against such leaders’, he said. Adding that the alliance had benefitted both the parties in 2014, the TDP allied with the BJP to safeguard the interests of the country and the State.
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- May 29, 2017