Devender Goud

Tulla Devender Goud
Goud in 2015
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
3 April 2012 – 2 April 2018
Preceded byK. Keshava Rao
Succeeded byC. M. Ramesh
Constituency Andhra Pradesh
Minister of Home affairs & Cinematography
Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
1999–2004
GovernorC. Rangarajan
Surjit Singh Barnala
Chief MinisterN. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded byAlimineti Madhava Reddy
Succeeded byKunduru Jana Reddy
(Home Affairs)
M. Satyanarayana Rao
(Cinematography)
Minister of BC Welfare, Prohibition & Excise,
Cooperation, Revenue and Rehabilitation

Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
1994–1999
GovernorKrishan Kant
C. Rangarajan
Chief MinisterN. T. Rama Rao
N. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded byNara Chandrababu Naidu
(Revenue & Rehabilitation)
Succeeded byTammineni Sitaram
(Revenue & Rehabilitation)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
In office
1994–2008
Preceded bySingireddy Uma Venkatarama Reddy
Succeeded byKichannagari Laxma Reddy
Constituency Medchal
Chairman - Ranga Reddy District Zilla Parishad
In office
1988–1993
Personal details
Born (1953-03-18) 18 March 1953 (age 71)
Thukkuguda, Hyderabad State, India
(now in Telangana, India)
Political partyTelugu Desam Party
(1988-2008)
(2009-present)
Other political
affiliations
Praja Rajyam Party (2009)
Nava Telangana Praja Party
(2008-2009)
SpouseT. Vinoda
Children3
Residence(s)8-2-503, Beside Irani Consulate, Road No. 7, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad - 500034
Websitewww.tulladevendergoud.com

Tulla Devender Goud is an Indian politician from the Telugu Desam Party. He founded the Nava Telangana Praja Party (NTP) to fight for separate statehood for the Telangana region in Andhra Pradesh, but later returned to his parent outfit.[1]

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 the Medchal assembly constituency as a representative of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP). 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 the Telangana state.

  1. ^ "Devender Goud quits Telugu Desam Party". The Hindu. 24 June 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2019.