Over 1 lakh Nelloreans to take part in TDP Mahanadu in Andhra Pradesh's Kadapa
TIRUPATI: While the stage was set for the three-day annual party conclave "Mahanadu" of the ruling TDP to be held for the first time in Kadapa from Tuesday, over one lakh people from Nellore district were expected to take part in the final day proceedings of the three-day conclave on May 29.
Nellore rural TDP legislator Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy held a meeting with the local party leaders at his camp office in the city on Monday. He exhorted the party cadres to take part in the party's annual conclave at Kadapa in large numbers.
While the crowd mobilisation responsibilities were entrusted to senior party functionaries, Kotamreddy directed them to ensure foolproof arrangements for the transportation of party cadres from Nellore district to the Mahanadu programme venue near Pabbapuram village on the outskirts of Kadapa on May 29.
Meanwhile, state ministers Ponguru Narayana and Anam Ramnarayana Reddy, Nellore MP Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy, Kovur MLA Vemireddy Prashanti Reddy, Sarvepalli MLA and former minister Somireddy Chandramohan Reddy also held meetings with local party leaders at their constituencies on crowd mobilisation for Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu's public meeting on the final day of the Mahanadu to be held on May 29.
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