It was founded by Lakshmi Parvathi, the second wife of the film star and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) founder N. T. Rama Rao (NTR) in 1996.
The party was formed after NTR's death to counter the TDP but failed to make any significant electoral impact.
[2][3] With the majority of TDP legislators supporting N. Chandrababu Naidu, this ultimately led to NTR’s removal as the party leader.
[6] In the 1996 Lok Sabha elections, it contested all 42 constituencies in Andhra Pradesh and polled 10.66% of the vote share in the state, but it failed to win a single seat.
[7] After the 1998 elections, the party began to decline as several leaders left, and the BJP allied with Naidu's TDP.