Telugu Desam Party, Jana Sena party, Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs met in Vijayawada on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, a day before the National Democratic Party government was sworn in Andhra Pradesh.
The meeting was attended by TDP President N Chandrababu Naidu, Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan and Daggubati Purandeswari, who heads the BJP's Andhra Pradesh unit.
IMAGE: Chandrababu Naidu bows before the NDA MLAs. All photographs: ANI Photo
IMAGE: Naidu, Pawan Kalyan and Purandeswari, whose elder sister Bhuvaneshwari is married to Naidu.
IMAGE: Naidu and Pawan Kalyan formed an electoral alliance much before the 2024 election. The BJP aligned with them later.
IMAGE: Will Pawan Kalyan give up his flourishing movie career to go into politics full time?
IMAGE: Pawan Kalyan addresses the NDA MLAs while holding Naidu's hand.
IMAGE: Pawan Kalyan's elder brother is Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi; among his movie star nephews are Ram Charan, Allu Arjun and Varun Tej.
IMAGE: Naidu and Pawan Kalyan hug each other.
IMAGE: Pawan Kalyan with Jana Sena MLAs earlier on Tuesday.
IMAGE: The Jana Sena MLAs elected Pawan Kalyan leader of the Jana Sena legislature party.
IMAGE: TDP national General Secretary Nara Lokesh -- Naidu's only child -- welcomes Union Home Minister Amit A Shah on his arrival in Vijayawada on Tuesday to attend the NDA ministry's swearing in ceremony today, June 12, 2024, here and below.
IMAGE: Lokesh welcomes BJP national President and Union Health Minister J P Nadda on his arrival in Vijayawada.
IMAGE: Lokesh's aunt Purandeshwari, left, and Bandi Sanjay Kumar, the new Union minister of state for home, beam as Nadda shakes hands with Lokesh.
Photographs curated by Anant Salvi/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Ashish Narsale/Rediff.com