Chandrababu Naidu, the national president of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and former Chief Minister, has started appointing in-charges to constituencies in an effort to strengthen the party for the upcoming 2024 elections and has directed that all in-charges should be among the people.
As part of the exercise, former Minister Narayana has been appointed as the in-charge of the Nellore City Assembly, while Kotamreddy Srinivas Reddy, the current in-charge of the Nellore Assembly, has been appointed as the state general secretary of the party and reportedly assured of Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) seat in the near future.
Gompa Krishna, who is aspiring for the S. Kota constituency, is likely to be appointed as a state secretary. Bose, the son of the late MLC Bachula Arjunudu, has been appointed as the Executive Secretary.
In an interesting move, backward caste leaders have been appointed as in-charges in the Kurnool and Nandyala Parliaments, replacing individuals from OC castes while BT Naidu from the Boya community has been appointed as the in-charge of the Kurnool Parliament, and Mallela Rajshekar Goud has been appointed as the in-charge of the Nandyal Parliament.
Furthermore, Chandrababu Naidu has decided to appoint Somishetti, who is currently the in-charge of the Kurnool Parliament, as the party state secretary.