Politics
The Kamma caste have been considered to be Upper Shudras under the Hindu varna system of ritual ranking. However, in Andhra hierarchy, they are considered as Forward caste members.
During the 1980s, they again played a key role in state and national politics with the inception of the Telugu Desam Party by its then President Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao also called as NTR. Nara Chandrababu Naidu gave a progressive direction to Andhra Pradesh and won global recognition to the state.
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