The launch comes months after Mallanna’s public fallout with the ruling Congress and his suspension from the party on charges of “anti-party activities”.
Published Sep 17, 2025 | 7:15 PM ⚊ Updated Sep 17, 2025 | 7:15 PM
Mallanna sought to emphasise self-respect and empowerment of BCs as core ideals of his party, but also assured that the party would stand by other communities.
Synopsis: Telangana MLC Teenmaar Mallanna on Wednesday launched the Telangana Rajyadhikara Party, presenting it as a platform for the marginalised and oppressed communities of the state. The launch comes months after his suspension from the ruling Congress in the state over his opposition to the state’s socio-economic caste survey. TRP describes itself as both a political and social movement aiming to build a ‘People’s Telangana’, advocating inclusive governance and empowerment for marginalised communities.
Telangana MLC Chintapandu Naveen Kumar, popularly known as Teenmaar Mallanna, on Wednesday, 17 September, formally launched his political outfit, the Telangana Rajyadhikara Party (TRP), positioning it as a platform for the marginalised and oppressed communities of the state.
The launch comes months after Mallanna’s public fallout with the ruling Congress and his suspension from the party on charges of “anti-party activities”.
In February this year, he was served a show-cause notice after he openly criticised and burnt copies of the state’s Socio-Economic, Education, Employment, Political, and Caste survey, a key initiative of the Congress administration in the state.
Speaking at the launch event at Taj Krishna, Banjara Hills, in Hyderabad, Mallanna declared that TRP would be a turning point for Backward Classes (BCs) in Telangana.
“There is a need for a BC political party in Telangana. Today, I proudly announce to my BC brethren, we no longer need to stand at the steps of the Congress’ Gandhi Bhavan, the BJP, or the BRS any longer. We need not ask for alms at their doorstep,” he said.
Mallanna sought to emphasise self-respect and empowerment of BCs as core ideals of his party, but also assured that the party would stand by other communities.
“We are not a party that stands against anyone. However, we will continue to fight for the rights of the BCs. I want to tell everyone that we will also stand by and represent the interests of the SCs, STs, and economically weaker sections of society,” he said, calling TRP “the party of the oppressed.”
During the event, Mallanna invited an attendee to launch the party’s website, which he described as the first in the country to feature an AI spokesperson.
He also outlined the party’s commitments, promising to fight for reservations for BCs in private companies, education, and healthcare, and pledging to distribute two acres of land to BC families.
Acknowledging scepticism around such assurances, he stated: “We will not ask for what we want anymore; we will take what we want.”
The TRP’s website describes the outfit as both a political and social movement working towards building a “People’s Telangana.”
It sets out a vision for a state free from hunger, fear, corruption, and prejudice, where BCs, SCs, STs, minorities, and the poor exercise genuine political power under accountable and inclusive governance.
“TRP aims at organising peoples movements in a peaceful and democratic manner for educating the people on the one side and contest elections at all levels on the other and gain peoples mandate to establish a truly peoples Government i.e., power to the masses, the marginalised communities and all other who till now never entered Local or State or National Government policy and decision making bodies,” the website states.
The website further emphasises the dual purpose of its initiatives. The people’s movement component is intended to raise awareness, educate citizens, and challenge injustice and discrimination.
“The aim of contesting the elections is to gain political power to bring the actual change in the laws, policies, development projects and programmes, that effect people and nature in different ways,” it adds.
(Edited by Dese Gowda)
