Telangana Rashtra Party
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Telangana Rashtra Party (Telangana Nation's Party), TRP, is a political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 in the Indian state of 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...

. TRP 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.

TRP was founded in Hyderabad on October 11, 2002 by G. Innaiah (alias Gade Inna Reddy). Innaiah had been the district secretary of People's War Group and the general secretary of Telangana Rashtra Samithi
Telangana Rashtra Samithi
Telangana Rashtra Samithi is a regional separatist political party in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.-Ideology:Telangana Rashtra Samithi's main aim is to separate Telangana region from Andhra Pradesh and to regain regional autonomy as it existed before the formation of Andhra Pradesh...

. A.R. Ramesh Kumar is the TRP president.

The flag of the party is green, with a white map of Telangana.

TRP gained publicity at occasions when members of the party has threatened to commit suicide if government policies wouldn't change on specific matters.

Ahead of the 2004 elections TRP joined the 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...

, a front of dissident pro-Telangana factions.

Following the debacle of TRP in the 2004 elections, G. Innaiah has been accused of involvement in bomb blast of the Telangana Liberation Force in November the same year.
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