Pawan Kalyan may ask for Deputy CM post in Andhra Pradesh, say sources
Amaravati: With Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President N Chandrababun Naidu taking charge as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday, Pawan Kalyan, President of TDP ally Janasena party, is expected to demand the post of Deputy Chief Minister in the new state government, local sources have said.
Pawan Kalyan, whose party has 21 MLAs in the 175-member Andhra Pradesh Assembly, is also expected to ask for five Cabinet posts for the Janasena in Naidu’s government.
The actor-turned-politician won the Pithapuram seat in the state beating YSR Congress candidate Vanga Geetha by more than 70,000 votes. On Tuesday, he was elected unanimously as the floor leader in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly by his party members on Tuesday after Tenali legislator N Manohar proposed his name for the post.
The Assembly elections this year witnessed NDA achieving a thumping victory in Andhra Pradesh, gaining a majority of 164 seats, inclusive of 135 for the TDP, 21 for the Janasena and 8 for the BJP. The session will start on June 17, starting with the oath-taking ceremony of the legislators, while the Speaker will be election on June 18.
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UP: Blood-soaked body of elderly man found in Hathras
Hathras (UP) (PTI): The blood-soaked body of an elderly man was found inside his house in Paharpur village here on Tuesday morning, police said.
The deceased, Jagdish Prasad Sharma, 75, who lived alone, had gone to sleep in his house on Monday night, officials said.
On Tuesday morning, his blood-soaked body was lying on a cot, with marks on his head and body indicating blows from a sharp-edged weapon, they said, adding that the police suspect murder.
Police and forensic teams reached the spot upon receiving information and sent the body for a post-mortem, they said.
Additional Superintendent of Police Ramanand Kushwaha said that Sharma, a retired Health Department employee, had been living alone since his wife's death during the COVID-19 pandemic.
He owned around 20-25 bighas of land and was also engaged in money lending, the officer said.
