Naga Babu has been working with Pawan Kalyan ever since he floated Jana Sena in 2014. (File)
Amaravati:
Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan’s brother Ok. Naga Babu will be a part of the state Cupboard, Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Get together (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu introduced this on Monday.
Naga Babu, elder brother of Pawan Kalyan and youthful brother of megastar Chiranjeevi, can be an actor and movie producer. As the overall secretary of Jana Sena, he had actively campaigned for the occasion within the latest elections.
Because the TDP named two candidates for bye-elections to Rajya Sabha and left one seat for its alliance associate BJP, it determined to accommodate one other associate Jana Sena within the state Cupboard.
The ruling Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA) headed by TDP has 164 MLAs within the 175-member Meeting. The TDP has 135 members whereas Jana Sena and BJP have 21 and eight seats respectively.
Naga Babu, also referred to as Nagendra Babu, would be the fourth minister from Jana Sena. Since Naga Babu shouldn’t be a member of the Meeting, the coalition is more likely to nominate him to the Legislative Council to pave for his induction within the State Cupboard.
Presently, Jana Sena president Pawan Kalyan, Nadendla Manohar and Kandula Durgesh are the ministers from Jana Sena in Chandrababu Naidu-led Cupboard.
The State Cupboard can have a most of 25 members. Chandrababu Naidu and 23 ministers had taken oath on June 12. The TDP had inducted three ministers from Jana Sena and one from BJP. One emptiness was left for Jana Sena.
The TDP had reportedly provided one Rajya Sabha seat to Jana Sena however Naga Babu was eager to grow to be a minister. After leaving the Rajya Sabha seat for BJP, Chandrababu Naidu determined to incorporate Naga Babu into the Cupboard.
Naga Babu has been working with Pawan Kalyan ever since he floated Jana Sena in 2014.
Each had earlier actively labored for Praja Rajyam Get together (PRP) floated by their eldest brother Chiranjeevi in 2008. Nonetheless, the occasion got here a cropper in 2009 polls and two years later Chiranjeevi had merged it with the Congress occasion.
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