TDP chief to hold series of meetings in Telangana, Seemandhra

V. Rishi Kumar

N Chandrababu Naidu

The Telugu Desam leader N Chandrababu Naidu will hold a series of public meetings over the next few days in both the Telangana and Seemandhra regions of the State.

According to the TDP, its chief will begin these meetings referred to as ‘Praja Grajana,’ a broad-based public meeting, on Tuesday at Mahbubnagar, followed by Srikakulam on Wednesday, Krishna (Thursday), Anantapur (April 1) and Nalgonda (April 2).

Such public meetings in the recent past have not only become a platform to reach out to people and outline the party approach, but have also been serving as a platform to announce the induction of various leaders from other political parties into the party. Over the past couple of weeks, several senior leaders from the Congress, including former Cabinet ministers, have joined at such public events.

While the party has seen a significant number of senior leaders from Congress joining it in the Seemandhra region, it has lost some of its leaders in the Telangana region to TRS and Congress.

Senior Congress leader and former minister J.C. Diwakar Reddy has joined TDP and is likely to get the Anantapur Lok Sabha ticket. He has won six consecutive times from Tadipatri, defeating TDP candidates. Tollywood actor P. Babu Mohan on Sunday announced his decision to quit the TDP without assigning any reason. He was twice elected from Andole constituency of Medak district.