
Amaravati: In a politically significant development in the ruling TDP in Andhra Pradesh, IT Minister Nara Lokesh was appointed as the ‘national’ working president of the party on Wednesday, April 15.
Nandyal MP B Shabari has been appointed as the first woman ‘national’ general secretary of the party, a TDP press release said.
“Big TDP Reshuffle: Minister Nara Lokesh appointed as National Working President, marking a major generational shift,” the release said.
Lokesh is son of party supremo and Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
In a significant organisational overhaul that signals a decisive shift in its future trajectory, the Telugu Desam Party announced its Politburo, National, and State Committees, marking a new phase in the party’s evolution with Lokesh at the centre of its organisational leadership, it added.