727:. While the official reason for the merger is said to be common ideology of the two parties—social justice and separate Telangana, the reality is that Goud has been finding it difficult to run the party as it had failed to create the kind of impact he expected before he quit TDP on 23 June 2008 therefore watching out for his political future the decision was made about the merger.
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Following the by-elections the TDP retreated from its promise of separate statehood and instead constituted a committee to decide the issue. Goud now thought that both the INC and TDP were procrastinating and were not particularly in favour of the idea, so he resigned from his legislative assembly
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rivers to other areas, and by the manner in which the INC sidelined its election promise to separate
Telangana as an independent state. Furthermore, there were sales of public lands in the Telangana region and there was a lack of representation for the people of the region people in the local job
614:(TDP). He was a TDP politbureau member since 1991, deputy leader of TDP legislature party in the AP legislative assembly and was considered number two leader, next only to Nara Chandrababu Naidu in TDP before he resigned to fight for separate statehood of the Telangana state.
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Goud became a member of Rao's cabinet with responsibility for three independent portfolios: Backward
Classes welfare, Co-operation, and Total Prohibition. He became Revenue Minister in Nara Chandrababu Naidu's cabinet after the latter rebelled against Rao in 1995.
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to explain his resignation from the TDP and his plans to lead non-violent agitation for statehood. He stressed the importance of participation of students in fighting for the statehood of
Telangana without violence as happened between 1967 and 1971.
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Medchal in 1999 with a margin of over 77,000 votes. Subsequently, he became minister for Home, Jails, Fire services, NCC, Sainik Welfare, Film Development Corporation and Cinematography in Naidu's cabinet.
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In 2004 he won a record-third term from the
Medchal constituency, despite a statewide wave of anti-incumbency against the TDP government, as well as in favour of a separate Telangana state. The TDP lost those elections to the
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Goud lost both the parliamentary and assembly elections in 2009. Then, on 3 August 2009, Goud resigned from the Praja Rajyam Party and announced that he would rejoin the TDP. In 2012, he was elected to the
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Rangareddy district. He became the TDP candidate for Medchal assembly constituency six months prior to the scheduled elections of 1994 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, and was elected as a
685:(procession on foot) from Pranahitha to Chevella in protest. This was well received in Telangana and forced the TDP to support the idea of separate Telangana statehood in the May 2008 by-elections.
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Chairman of the
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Tulla Devender Goud was born on 18 March 1953 at Thukkuguda village of the
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On 9 July 2008 he organized a convention of Telangana students at
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942:"Telangana Sadhana Samithi for future steps for Telangana fight"
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from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially
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914:"Ex-TDP leader Devender Goud launches new party"
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826:"Devender Goud quits Telugu Desam Party"
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1064:Goud quits PRP, to join TDP
928:"Telangana Sadhana Samithi"
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