Lok Sabha Elections 2024: PM Modi to hold 1st NDA rally in Andhra Pradesh today

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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will share the dais with TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu and JSP chief Pawan Kalyan at a mega public rally in Boppudi village in Andhra Pradesh's Palnadu district today, March 17, Sunday. The Telugu Desam Party received the information about PM Modi's rally in Chilakaluripet from the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday, the party leader aware of the development said, as quoted by Hindustan Times. Chandrababu Naidu extended a formal invitation to PM Modi and requested him to participate in the Chilakaluripeta rally on March 17, the TDP leader said.

This came after the Bharatiya Janata Party finalized the seat-sharing talks with the TDP in the national capital on March 9. Notably, this is the first rally of the National Democratic Alliance for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections scheduled to take place in seven phases starting from April 19. The TDP will formally join the NDA at this rally, following their alliance with the BJP, even though the Jana Sena Party is already a member of the NDA.

Earlier, PM Modi, Chandrababu Naidu, and Pawan Kalyan addressed a joint election rally in Andhra Pradesh in 2014 when the Jana Sena Party and TDP were part of the NDA. The Jana Sena Party did not contest the election with the TDP-BJP alliance, however, it supported the combine. In an official statement, the TDP on Tuesday said Nara Lokesh, the party general secretary, and Naidu's son, has been given the responsibility of organizing the NDA allies' public meeting.