Naidu exuded confidence that Yadav, who worked as Visakhapatnam TDP Parliamentary party president, will successfully undertake the new responsibility.
Published Jun 17, 2024 | 10:28 AM ⚊ Updated Jun 17, 2024 | 10:28 AM
Palla Srinivas Yadav with Chandrababu Naidu. (X)
TDP supremo and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has appointed Gajuwaka MLA P Srinivasa Rao Yadav as the party’s state president, replacing Agriculture Minister K Atchannaidu.
Srinivasa Rao Yadav has been appointed president of the Andhra Pradesh TDP unit after K Atchannaidu, was taken into the cabinet.
As a member of Naidu’s 25-strong ministerial council, Atchhannaidu has been entrusted with the departments of agriculture, co-operation, marketing, animal husbandry and dairy development & fisheries.
Naidu exuded confidence that Yadav, who worked as Visakhapatnam TDP Parliamentary Party president, will successfully undertake the new responsibility.
“I am appointing Gajuwaka MLA P Srinivas Rao Yadav as Andhra Pradesh TDP president … I congratulate senior party leader Atchhnaidu, who led the party till now as its president,” Naidu said in the appointment letter shared on the Telugu Desam Party’s (TDP) X handle on Sunday, 16 June.
ఆంధ్రప్రదేశ్ రాష్ట్ర టీడీపీ నూతన అధ్యక్షునిగా శ్రీ పల్లా శ్రీనివాస్ యాదవ్ గారిని నియమించిన టిడిపి జాతీయ అధ్యక్షులు చంద్రబాబు గారు. ఉత్తరాంధ్రకి చెందిన బీసీ నేతకు, చంద్రబాబు గారు కీలక బాధ్యతలు అప్పగించారు.#TDP#AndhraPradesh pic.twitter.com/EllGEIhOQ6
— Telugu Desam Party (@JaiTDP) June 16, 2024
The Gajuwaka MLA defeated his nearest rival YSRC candidate and former minister Gudivada Amarnath with a majority of 95,235 votes, the highest in Andhra Pradesh.
After the division of the state in 2014, the post went to North Andhra for the third time in a row. The first president of the TDP Andhra Pradesh unit was Kala Venkata Rao in 2015. In 2020, K Atchannaidu took over as its presdient. Both are from Srikakulam district.
Srinivasa Rao Yadav is from Visakhapatnam district.
(With PTI inputs)
