Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], February 11 (ANI): Several leaders belonging to the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) were taken into preventive custody on Friday for staging a protest opposing the arrest of TDP MLC P Ashok Babu by the Andhra Pradesh Crime Investigation Department.

Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 22 (ANI): A clash broke out between workers of the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) at Kopparru village in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur on Monday during Ganpati idol immersion procession.

Puducherry Sept 17 PTI A delegation of legislators belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP on Friday submitted to AINRC All India N R Congress founder and Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy a letter expressing the intention of the saffron party to contest the October 4 poll for the lone Rajya Sabha seat hereSources close to the BJP told PTI that the legislators except the Assembly Speaker and three independents have had discussions here and adopted a resolution that the BJP would contest the electionThe sources said the name of the candidate of the BJP was being finalised We have sought the support of the AINRC for the BJP nominee in the poll they saidWhile the AINRC has 10 members in the Assembly the BJP has six including the Speaker Three of the six independents P Angalane Shivashankar and Gollapalli Srinivas from Yanam participated in the meeting convened by the BJP The Assembly has 30 elected and three nominated legislators Official sources said only the elected members have the voting rights in the election to the Upper House of ParliamentTerritorial Home Minister and BJP leader A Namassivayam chaired the meeting sources said President of the territorial BJP committee V Saminathan and the three nominated legislators V P Ramalingam KVenkatesan and R B Ashok Babu were the other participants in the meeting PTI COR NVG NVG