Ex AP minister Kanna Lakshminarayana joins TDP

Amaravati: Former Andhra Pradesh minister Kanna Lakshminarayana, who resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) last week, has joined the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).

Kanna formally joined the TDP in the presence of the party’s national president and former chief minister, N Chandrababu Naidu. Naidu offered yellow colour scarf to Kanna to admit him in the party. A large number of followers of the former minister also joined the TDP with him.

Kanna started from his residence in Guntur with hundreds of supporters. The procession with a large number of cars reached the TDP office at Mangalagiri. As per the mahuratam, Kanna joined TDP at 2.48 pm.

Speaking on the occasion, Naidu said that he heartily welcomes Kanna into the TDP fold. He termed this as a good augur for the TDP. The TDP chief said that Kanna has a special place in State politics. He recalled that the former minister had become active since his student days to come up in politics.