- Tulla Devender Goud
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Tulla Devender Goud, well known as Devender Goud is the founding president of
Nava Telangana Praja Party (NTPP) fighting for separate statehood ofTelangana state ofIndia as the people of ten districts ofTelangana region are being treated as second rate citizens with no proper representation ofTelangana people in jobs, politics, and government including improper diversion of water from Krishna andGodavari rivers to non-telangana regions at the expense of injustice meted toTelangana region. [ [http://www.thehindu.com/2008/06/24/stories/2008062456910100.htm Devender Goud resigns for Telangana separate state] ]Devender
Goud , a prominentbackward class es leader fromAndhra Pradesh worked as cabinet minister representing BC welfare and Prohibition portfolios inN.T. Rama Rao (formerchief minister ofAndhra Pradesh ) cabinet. He also worked as cabinet minister representing Revenue and Home portfolios inNara Chandrababu Naidu (formerchief minister ofAndhra Pradesh ).He got elected thrice to
Legislative assembly ofAndhra Pradesh fromMedchal assembly constituency fromTelugu Desam Party political party. He was a TDP polit bureau member, deputy leader of TDP legislature party and was considered number two leader next toNara Chandrababu Naidu in TDP before he resigned TDP party to fight for separate statehood ofTelangana state.Personal Details
T.Devender Goud was born on
March 18 ,1953 at Tukkuda village ofMaheswaram mandal in RR district ofAndhra Pradesh toSri .Tulla Sayanna Goud andSmt .Sathemma. He did his bachelors in commerce from Badruka college at Hyderabad ofAndhra Pradesh inIndia . [ [http://www.goudsinfo.com/famous-Devendergoud.htm Devender Goud Biography] ]He got married to
Smt .Vinoda in 1978 and were blessed with three sons Vijayender Goud(M.B.A ), Vinay Goud(M.B.B.S ), and Virender Goud(M.B.A ).Political career
Devender Goud born in political family through his maternal uncles supporting
Indian National Congress built his interest towards politics when he initially got elected as student leader during his college days. Having seen his maternal uncles who were inIndian National Congress political party forcibly restricted to village level politics by the dominantForward Castes inIndian National Congress he got attracted to the policies, opportunities and the boom created by the then famousTelugu film actorN.T. Rama Rao who started a new political party calledTelugu Desam Party in 1982 inAndhra Pradesh ofIndia to counter the then rulingIndian National Congress party inAndhra Pradesh .He after joining
Telugu Desam Party which defeatedIndian National Congress ofAndhra Pradesh in 1983 got elected as Chairman ofZilla Parishad for RR district in 1988 by direct election with entire RR district as electorate.Having seen the leadership qualities of Devender Goud during his five year tenure of
Zilla Parishad chairman,N.T. Rama Rao who was the founder chairman of TDP and also thechief minister ofAndhra Pradesh declared Devender Goud(a prominentbackward caste leader) as TDP party candidate forMedchal assembly constituency six months prior to the scheduled elections of 1994Legislative Assembly ofAndhra Pradesh . He got elected first time as MLA(Member of the Legislative Assembly (India) ) representingMedchal assembly constituency of RR district inAndhra Pradesh in 1994 with huge majority.After his first time win as MLA from
Medchal assembly constituency in 1994 , he was inducted into cabinet ofN.T. Rama Rao as minister for three independent portfolios BC welfare, Co-operation, and total Prohibition. He was elevated as Revenue Minister inNara Chandrababu Naidu 's cabinet afterNara Chandrababu Naidu revolted againstN.T. Rama Rao in 1995. [ [http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEU20080624014424&Page=U&Title=Hyderabad&Topic=0 Devender Goud, a prominent B.C Leader] ]He won second term as MLA from
Medchal assembly constituency in 1999 with huge margin of more than seventy seven thousand votes [ [http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/12/stories/2004041205930400.htm Devender Goud from Medchal Constituency] ] . Subsequently, he became minister for Home, Jails, Fireservices, NCC, Sainik Welfare, Film Development Corporation and Cinematography inNara Chandrababu Naidu 's cabinet. [ [http://www.goudsinfo.com/famous-Devendergoud.htm Devender Goud profile] ]He later won record-third term from
Medchal assembly constituency in 2004 in spite of anti-incumbency, anti-TDP government combined with separateTelangana statehood sentiment swept theAndhra Pradesh state. AsTelugu Desam Party lost the 2004 elections toIndian National Congress , Devender Goud was appointed as deputy leader for TDP Legislature party inLegislative Assembly ofAndhra Pradesh . He was also the polit bureau member ofTelugu Desam Party since 1991.Right from 2004, having seen the injustice meted to
Telangana regions with respect to diversion of water from Krishna andGodavari rivers to non-Telangana regions, the wayIndian National Congress party sidelined the separate statehood forTelangana in spite ofIndian National Congress party came to power with promise to separateTelangana state with seat sharing with TRS born to fight forTelangana state in 2004 elections, indiscriminate sales ofTelangana region government/public lands with no proper representation toTelangana region people in local jobs ofTelangana region including administrative and bureaucratic nominated posts , Devender Goud strongly perceived thatTelangana leaders should fight against injustice meted toTelangana regions. For this, he organized and took padayatra (procession on foot) from Pranahitha to Chevella which was warmly received byTelangana region people and forced TDP to support for separate statehood ofTelangana in the by-elections held inMay 2008 as a polit bureau member of TDP party fromTelangana region. [ [http://www.greatandhra.com/gossips/jul2006/goud_hero.php Devender Goud Padayatra] ] [ [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Hyderabad/Devender_Goud_sings_Telangana_tune/articleshow/2695678.cms Devender Goud, champion of Telangana] ]After results of
May 2008 by-elections held inTelangana region,Telugu Desam Party stepped back from the promise of separate statehood ofTelangana and instead constituted a nominal committee to decide the fate ofTelangana state. Devender Goud having felt that bothIndian National Congress andTelugu Desam Party are not in favour of separate statehood ofTelangana and are constituting committees just to prolong the issue so thatTelangana region people may give up the demand forTelangana state [ [http://www.hinduonnet.com/2008/06/12/stories/2008061258870100.htm Devender Goud presses for Telangana in TDP Party] ] , Devender Goud resignedLegislative Assembly ofAndhra Pradesh andTelugu Desam Party onJune 23 ,2008 to protest againstTelugu Desam Party opposition toTelangana separate statehood. [ [http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/jul/11goud.htm Devender Goud resigns TDP for Telangana Separate Statehood] ]On
June 28 ,2008 he organized Telangana Sadhana Samithi discussion with scholars and professors fromTelangana regions to discuss future steps in fighting for separate state forTelangana region. [ [http://andhrajyothy.com/mainshow.asp?qry=/2008/jun/28new20 Telangana Sadhana Samithi] ] [ [http://eenadu.net/breakhtml10.asp Telangana Sadhana Samithi] ] . Telangana Sadhana Samithi was attended by 3000 delegates including Praja Gayakudu Gaddar, freedom fighter Konda Laxman Bapuji, Andhra University former vice chancellor Simhadri, Senior Journalist Mallepalli Laxmaiah, Delhi University professor Tirumali, Kakatiya University professor Venkatanarayana, Osmania University professor Visveshwara Rao, Telangana Ikya Karyana Samithi President Desini China Mallaiah Goud along with various educationlists, journalists, professors, chancellors and vice-chancellors. Telangana Sadhana Samithi was inaugurated by Professor Jaya Shankar. [ [http://vaarttha.com/vaarttha/hed1.as Telangana Sadhana Samithi for future steps for Telangana fight] ]On
July 09 ,2008 he organized a convention with students ofTelangana region atOsmania University arts college explaining why he resignedTelugu Desam Party and how he plans to lead the agitation for separate statehood forTelangana state through non-violation steps followed byMahatma Gandhi forIndependence of India . He stressed the importance of participation of students in fighting for separate statehood ofTelangana without violence as happened between 1967 and 1971. [ [http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEU20080709161731&Page=U&Title=Hyderabad&Topic=0& Devender Goud asks Telangana Students to Play Key Role] ]On
July 11 ,2008 Devender Goud announced new political party namedNava Telangana Praja Party (NTPP) to fight forTelangana statehood.References
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