The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president N. Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday extended warm greetings and called for a renewed struggle for the ‘reconstruction of Andhra Pradesh’, as the party completed 40 years since it was founded by N.T. Rama Rao.
On the occasion, in a video address to the Telugu NRIs, the TDP chief lauded the Telugu diaspora for taking an active part in Janmabhoomi rural development works in the motherland. It was a matter of pride that the party NRI units were celebrating the 40th foundation day in over 200 cities spread over 40 countries. The NRIs in Europe extended timely help to bring back the stranded Telugus in the war-torn Ukraine. The NRI TDP units were responding immediately with a sacred duty to help those in need in times of emergency, he said.
Mr. Naidu recalled how NTR launched the TDP on this day 40 years ago and showed the power of Telugu self-respect to the whole world. “The State has fallen into the hands of forces of destruction. It’s time to rededicate efforts in order to restore the ‘Telugu pride’. Now that the motherland is facing an existential threat under the present regime, everyone has a duty to fight with self-confidence to regain the Telugu pride,” he said.
