Though floating political parties is not a new phenomenon in Andhra Pradesh, the rate of infant mortality of new political outfits in the state is very high.
In the 58-year history of Andhra Pradesh, several political parties, right from the Reddy Congress to the very recent one, Jana Sena, floated by film actor Pawan Kalyan, have been formed.
Of them only a few such as the TDP and the TRS have managed to survive political tides whereas remaining parties were either merged with the Congress or were consigned to oblivion.
In 1983, Telugu legendary film star NT Rama Rao established the TDP on the plank of Telugu pride. Within nine months of its founding, the TDP was voted to power and NTR became the first non-Congress chief minister of the state.
In the later days, the then second-in-command of the TDP, Nallapureddy Srinivasula Reddy, differed with NTR and floated ‘Seenaiah Sena’. But, the party ended as a damp squib.
In 1994, when N Chandrababu Naidu had dethroned NTR and took over reins of the TDP, party’s NTR faction became TDP (NTR).
After NTR’s demise in 1996, Lakshmi Parvati succeeded him as the head of the TDP (NTR), which no longer exists.
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