TDP to organise Mahanadu in Kadapa from May 27 to 29
The Telugu Desam Party Politburo meeting, held under the leadership of its national president and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, on Wednesday unanimously resolved to organise the party's annual conclave Mahanadu at C.K. Dinne village in Kadapa from May 27 to 29. Mr. Naidu will file nomination for election as the party's national president on Day 1 and the process, which will be a mere formality, is scheduled to be completed the next day. Resolutions on various subjects would be passed on May 27 and 28 and the mega event would end with a public meeting on May 29.
Another important political decision is to start implementing the proposal to either appoint leaders who completed six years as Mandal Party Presidents (MPPs) in higher posts / committees or replace them with new MPPs in order to provide opportunities to upcoming leaders. Besides, it was resolved to have TDP offices constructed in each one of the 26 district headquarters in a year, for which three-member committees would be formed in all those districts, and to bring out a My TDP app, which will replace all other existing apps, before the commencement of Mahanadu and make it available to one crore members.
Briefing mediapersons about the outcome of the TDP politburo meeting, Agriculture Minister and ex-officio member of the party's highest policy-making body K. Atchannaidu said 12 topics were discussed and it was decided to take steps for speedy settlement of insurance claims of the families of TDP workers who died in accidents (so far, ₹9.75 crore was paid to the kin of 195 such workers), streamline the provision of financial assistance under the CM Relief Fund (under which ₹349 crore was paid to 50,235 beneficiaries in the last 11 months), and to complete all the organisational elections before Mahanadu.
The politburo resolved to bring out a welfare calendar for the next 12 months detailing one scheme to be delivered every month. About one lakh widow pensions that were stopped by the YSR Congress Party would be restored on June 12 and it was decided to hereafter credit the subsidy on three gas cylinders (being given under the Deepam-2 scheme) into the bank accounts of the beneficiaries in advance. Similarly, funds under the Talliki Vandanam scheme would be remitted into the bank accounts of the parents before the reopening of schools on June 12. The first instalment of assistance to farmers under Annadata Sukhibhava scheme (including the State's contribution) would be paid as and when the money comes from the Central government.
TDP State president and Gajuwaka MLA Palla Srinivasa Rao said that the Mahanadu was being organised on a grand scale and it would set a new benchmark for future meetings. Rayadurg MLA Kalava Srinivasulu said the development of the parched Rayalaseema region would dominate the agenda of the Mahanadu which was being held for the first time in the party's history in Kadapa.
Apart from the party related issues, the politburo decided to clear pending bills for works done under the Neeru-Chettu programme in 2014-19 amounting to ₹445 crore, and NREGA amounting to ₹211 crore at the earliest, and to take steps for removal of 2,887 cases foisted on TDP workers from 2019 to 24 through legal means by the end of December 2025. Also, resolutions were passed to organise Tiranga rallies and meetings along with the Jana Sena Party and BJP in all the constituencies on May 16, 17 and 18 as an expression of solidarity with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the armed forces who punished Pakistan for being responsible for the Pahalgam terror attack in which 27 tourists died, and homage was paid to those who were killed at Pahalgam.
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