VIJAYAWADA: Jana Sena Party (JSP) president Pawan Kalyan called on TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu at the latter’s residence in Hyderabad on Thursday to discuss a slew of issues related to the ensuing elections.
According to sources, the duo held talks on the election manifesto, the selection of candidates for the remaining Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies, and joint electioneering. It may be pointed out that the TDP, JSP and BJP have joined hands to contest the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in the State.
It has also been learnt that the party chiefs discussed at length about organising public meetings to be addressed by them and senior leaders from the BJP.
While Naidu is set to launch his election campaign by addressing a ‘Praja Galam’ public meeting in Chittoor district on March 26, the actor-politician will commence electioneering from March 27.
During the talks that lasted nearly an hour, both the leaders discussed the steps that need to be taken for the smooth transfer of votes between the alliance partners.
They also emphasised on the need to ensure better coordination among the leaders and cadres of the three parties to thwart the attempts of the ruling YSR Congress Party to create a rift among the alliance parties.
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The yellow party has announced candidates for 128 of the total 144 seats that it will contest, while the JSP has nominated leaders for seven of the 21 MLA segments.
The JSP, which was allotted two MP seats as part of the tripartite alliance, has announced its candidate for the Kakinada Lok Sabha segment and almost finalised the candidature of Vallabhaneni Balashowry for Machilipatnam MP seat. Balashowry, the incumbent MP in the segment, had shifted from the ruling YSRC to the JSP recently.
On the other hand, the TDP is yet to announce candidates for the 17 Lok Sabha seats it will contest. It is reportedly preparing to announce the third list of candidates for the Assembly constituencies and first list for Lok Sabha segments on Friday.
Meanwhile, the TDP is preparing to hold a workshop for the MLA candidates, administrative managers, political managers and social media managers in Vijayawada on March 23.
Naidu will attend the workshop and give directions to the party rank and file on the plan of action for the ensuing elections. It is learnt that Pawan and JSP candidates are also likely to participate in the workshop.