Hyderabad: In a major announcement, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has announced that the party would not contest the upcoming Lok Sabha election in Telangana. The party not yet decided to whom it will support in the general election.
However, party spokesperson Jyothsna Tirunagari said the regional party will contest the local body polls likely to be held in June or July this year.
The party is the part of NDA, but it has not yet decided to who it will support in Telangana, she said.
The leader said, the choice of support was left to the local leadership, and they took decisions as per the prevailing conditions in their respective constituencies.
Following the arrest of TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu in connection with a graft case, the party decided not to contest the Assembly elections held last year.
Following arrest of Babu, the then TDP state Ksanai Gnaneswar left TDP and joined the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) before the polls. Since then, the party in Telangana has become headless and has been fraught with the desertions of several leaders and cadres.
“The appointment of a president to the Telangana unit of the party will be decided at Mahanadu (the TDP’s annual conclave),” Tirunagari added.
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