Telangana Communist Party of India

The Telangana Communist Party (TCP) is a political party in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. TCP works for the creation of a separate Telangana state. The leader of TCP is S. Venkat Swamy.

TCP mural in Hyderabad

TCP is a member of Telangana Rashtra Sadhana Front.^[1][2]

TCP was registered to participate in the 2005 municipal elections in Andhra Pradesh. It was allotted the 'cake' as its electoral symbol.^[3]

In April 2011, the Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy district committee members of the Marxist Communist Party of India (United) joined the TCP in protest against the refusal of MCPI(U) to support the struggle for a separate Telangana state.^[4]

References

1. . The Hindu. 6 May 2004. Archived from the original on 31 May 2004.
2. . The Hindu. 11 May 2004. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012.
3. "Symbol Notification 725-2_Municipalities" (PDF). Retrieved 18 January 2018.
4. "This website is currently unavailable". www.hyderabadcircle.com. Retrieved 18 January 2018.

 

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