Nellore TDP leaders expect to host Mahanadu next year
TDP leaders in Nellore expressed disappointment over the decision to hold the 2026 Mahanadu virtually from Mangalagiri instead of in Nellore district. Local MLAs acknowledged the decision as part of national austerity measures inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. They urged the party leadership to host the event in Nellore in 2027 and reaffirmed their commitment to development and party initiatives.
- ▪Nellore TDP leaders are disappointed that Mahanadu 2026 will be held virtually from Mangalagiri instead of in Nellore.
- ▪MLA Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy cited energy conservation and PM Modi's instructions as reasons for the cancellation of the physical event.
- ▪Kovur MLA Vemireddy Prashanthi Reddy supported the hybrid format as part of austerity measures and praised CM Chandrababu Naidu's savings movement.
- ▪Local leaders had hoped to host a grand Mahanadu event surpassing Nara Lokesh’s Yuvagalam Padayatra.
- ▪TDP leaders expressed willingness to host Mahanadu in Nellore in 2027 if given the opportunity.
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Local leaders and cadre of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) were upset with the decision of Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu on holding the annual conclave, Mahanadu, virtually from the party’s central office in Mangalagiri on May 27-28, 2026, instead of conducting a grand event for the first time in Nellore.Addressing the party workers at his office here on Saturday (May 16, 2026), Nellore Rural MLA Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy said, “As part of energy conservation measures, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu cancelled Mahanadu in SPSR Nellore district on the instructions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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