Pawan Kalyan to campaign for ally BJP in Telangana municipal polls
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Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan will campaign for the BJP for the February 11 municipal polls in Telangana.
In a shot in the arm for the BJP in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan will campaign in support of the saffron party's candidates in the February 11 municipal elections.
Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao said he and Union Coal Minister G Kishan Reddy met Kalyan and discussed key issues, including the municipal polls in the state.
"Shri Pawan Kalyan Garu expressed his full support for the BJP and graciously agreed to campaign for the BJP in the Municipal Elections. This reinforces the unstoppable momentum of the BJP's rise in Telangana," Ramchander Rao said in a post on X.
Kalyan's Jana Sena Party is part of the NDA, and it shares power with TDP and BJP in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.
Jana Sena had extended support to the BJP in several elections in Telangana in the past, including the 2023 Assembly elections and the recent Jubilee Hills bypoll in Hyderabad.
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