Telangana Communist Party, TCP is a political party

Political party

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 in the India

India

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n state of Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

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. TCP works for the creation of a separate Telangana

Telangana

Telangana is a region in the present state of Andhra Pradesh, India and formerly was part of Hyderabad state which was ruled by Nizam. It is bordered with the states of Maharashtra on the north and north-west, Karnataka on the west, Chattisgarh on the north-east and Orissa to the east...

 state. The leader of TCP is S. Venkat Swamy.

TCP is a member of Telangana Rashtra Sadhana Front

Telangana Rashtra Sadhana Front

Telangana Rashtra Sadhana Front, a front of dissident pro-Telangana statehood parties in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, formed ahead of the 2004 general elections...

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TCP was registered to participate in the 2005 municipal elections in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

. It was allotted the 'cake

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' as its electoral symbol.

In April 2011 the district committee members of the Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy districts of the Marxist Communist Party of India (United)

Marxist Communist Party of India (United)

Marxist Communist Party of India is a communist party in India, formed in 2005 by the unification of the Marxist Communist Party of India, the Mangat Ram Pasla-led breakaway group from the Communist Party of India in Punjab, the BTR-EMS-AKG Janakeeya Vedi and the Hardan Roy group in...

joined the TCP, in protest against the refusal of MCPI(U) to support the struggle for a separate Telangana state.