The founding president of the party was Ananthula Madan Mohan,[4] but later taken over by Marri Chenna Reddy who spearheaded the Telangana agitation and eventually winning over 10 Lok Sabha seats in the 1971 elections.
Telangana Praja Samithi's support was not crucial as Indira Gandhi got complete superiority in that election.
The party was revived again in 1983 with Vande Mataram Ramchander Rao, as the President, Pratap Kishore was the General Secretary.
[2] TPS organized a series of strikes and demonstrations throughout the Telangana region to push their demand for a separate state.
[6] However, in September 1971 TPS merged with Congress, and the Telangana agitations temporarily disappeared and P V Narsimha Rao was made the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.