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The ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has fixed precedence to Backward Classes (BCs), minorities, and women successful appointing the enactment president and wide caput posts successful Kurnool, Nandyal, and Anantapur districts.
The TDP had announced caller presidents and wide secretaries for 25 Parliamentary Constituencies prioritising BCs, SCs and STs connected Sunday (December 21, 2025).
In Nandyal district, three-time MLA Gowru Charitha Reddy was appointed arsenic the enactment president portion a number person NMD Firoz, lad of Minister for Minorities Welfare N.M.D. Farooq, arsenic the wide secretary. Ms. Charitha Reddy is simply a elder person and was archetypal elected arsenic a MLA from Nandikotkur Assembly constituency successful 2004 connected Congress summons defeating two-time MLA Byreddy Rajasekhara Reddy.
With Nandikotkur reserved for Scheduled Castes successful the consequent elections, she shifted to Panyam constituency and contested connected YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) summons successful the 2014 elections. She defeated five-time MLA from the constituency, Katasani Rambhupal Reddy, who contested arsenic an autarkic successful the elections.
Denied summons by the YSRCP to contention the 2019 elections, she shifted to the TDP and unsuccessfully contested the elections against Mr. Rambhupal Reddy who switched implicit to the YSRCP from TDP. She, however, defeated Mr. Rambhupal Reddy successful the 2024 elections by a borderline of much than 40,000 votes.
With Rambhupal Reddy arsenic the YSRCP’s territory president, the TDP enactment considered a beardown person to pb the enactment successful the territory and appointed Ms. Charitha Reddy for the post, enactment sources said.
A young number leader, Mr. Firoz, was appointed arsenic the wide caput considering the sizeable number colonisation successful the territory arsenic good arsenic Nandyal Assembly constituency represented by Firoz’s begetter Farooq.
Gudise Krishnamma, who was appointed arsenic the TDP Kurnool territory president. | Photo Credit: U. SUBRAMANYAM
The enactment appointed Gudise Krishnamma, pistillate person hailing from Valmiki assemblage from Adoni Assembly constituency arsenic the Kurnool territory president. Ms. Krishnamma was a elder subordinate of the enactment who unsuccessfully contested the 2004 Assembly elections connected TDP ticket. She remained loyal to the enactment during turbulent times and was rewarded with the post.
Another elder person Poola Nagaraju Yadav, who was appointed arsenic the wide secretary, besides hails from BC community. Party sources said that the enactment enactment erstwhile again reiterated its committedness towards empowerment of BCs by appointing leaders from these communities to the apical posts successful the district.
In Anantapur district, Pula Nagaraju, who is from Valmiki assemblage from Raidurgam Assembly constituency was appointed arsenic the president. He replaces Kaluva Srinivasulu, who is Rayadurgam MLA and besides from the Valmiki community. He is besides presently the APSRTC Kadapa Zone determination chairman. G. Sridhar Chowdary, a enactment loyalist, was appointed arsenic wide secretary.
