PAWAN KALYAN CALLS ON PM MODI IN VIZAG

HYDERABAD: Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Visakhapatnam on Friday night, amid talk of a strain on the three-year-old alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Accompanied by Jana Sena Party political affairs committee convener Nadendla Manohar, Kalyan arrived at the INS Chola in the Eastern Naval Command at around 9.30 pm on Friday — the PM was staying there in a suite before launching a slew of projects in the port city on Saturday.

Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Kalyan did not elaborate on specific issues that were discussed.

“It was for the first time after eight years that I had a meeting with the PM. The last time I met him was in 2014, when I took part in the election campaign in the state along with him...,” he said.

“He enquired about various issues pertaining to the state and the present political situation... He wished that Andhra Pradesh should prosper on all fronts and people remain united,” Kalyan said, adding that he hoped the meeting would “bring good days for the people of Andhra Pradesh”.