Tulla Devender Goud

Who is Tulla Devender Goud?

Tulla Devender Goud, also known as Devender Goud is a senior leader of Telugu Desam Party. He founded the Nava Telangana Praja Party to fight for separate statehood for Telangana region in Andhra Pradesh but later returned to his parent outfit.

A backward classes leader, he served as a cabinet minister for BC welfare and Prohibition portfolios in N.T. Rama Rao's cabinet. He has also worked as a cabinet minister handling Revenue and Home portfolios under Nara Chandrababu Naidu.

He was elected three times to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh from Medchal assembly constituency as a representative of the Telugu Desam Party. He was a TDP politbureau member since 1991, deputy leader of TDP legislature party in the AP legislative assembly and was considered number two leader, next only to Nara Chandrababu Naidu in TDP before he resigned to fight for separate statehood of Telangana state.