Six ministers review arrangements for TDP's maiden Mahanadu in Kadapa
With the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) deciding to hold its annual conclave 'Mahanadu' in Kadapa from May 27 to 29, the party's functionaries in various levels have swung into action to make it a success.
The party has held its Mahanadu at various places over the past forty years of its existence, and this time around, the Kadapa district unit has been tasked with organising the conclave. Notably, the party won a majority of seats in the undivided Kadapa during the general elections held last year, thus gaining strength in the district, which was a bastion of the YSR family for four decades.
Six Cabinet ministers, V. Anitha (Home), Payyavula Keshav (Finance), B.C. Janardhan Reddy (Roads and Buildings), A. Satya Prasad (Revenue), S. Savitha (Handloom and Textiles) and Nimmala Rama Naidu (Water Resources), along with TDP State president Palla Srinivasa Rao, politburo member R. Srinivasa Reddy, Member of Parliament (Chittoor) Daggumalla Prasada Rao and former ministers N. Amarnatha Reddy and Devineni Umamaheswara Rao participated in a meeting held to review the arrangements on Sunday (May 18).
Just like the annual procedure, party chief N. Chandrababu Naidu, on the first day, will file his nomination for the post of the national president of the party, set to be unanimously approved the second day.
The party will discuss challenges and issues pertaining to the development of the State and the party's role to overcome them. Several resolutions would be passed on the third day after deliberations.
Mr. Srinivasa Reddy, who is also the president of the party's district unit, explained to the media the arrangements made at the venue in Pabbapuram in Chintakommadinne mandal of the district.
'Several committees have been formed and the responsibilities have been entrusted to leaders at various levels. It is now time for action for the party functionaries to ensure arrangements for the lakhs of party workers who will attend the annual conclave', he said.
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