People climb towers at PM Modi’s Andhra rally

PM Modi attends NDA rally with TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan

The National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) rally ‘Prajagalam’, a joint public meeting of NDA partners in Parnadu district of Andhra Pradesh, was briefly interrupted on Sunday evening as a group of people climbed to the top of a lighthouse to listen to the leader’s speech Interrupt.

However, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi noticed people climbing up the building with lights and immediately interrupted BJP president Pawan Kalyan, who was addressing the rally, to urge them to come down.

“There are wires there, what are you doing there? Your life is precious to us, please come down, the media has taken your picture, come down now. Police are deployed here, please take care of people, this is going to be painful.” If anything goes wrong we will be contacted immediately. Prime Minister Modi said as he urged the group to come down from the mountain to ensure safety.

When PM Modi asked Pawan Kalyan to pause his speech and asked people who climbed the lighthouse to come down… your life is very precious to us, like a father, said the concerned PM. pic.twitter.com/JZmGVDUFFj

— Amit Malviya (Modi’s family) (@amitmalviya) March 17, 2024

Prime Minister Modi then sat back in his seat and Chief Janasena continued to complete his speech.

TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan attended the NDA rally ‘Prajagalam’ in Palnadu district for the first time.

‘Prajagalam’, which translates as ‘Voice of the Public’, is the first joint public meeting of Andhra Pradesh NDA partners in the past decade.

The Bharatiya Janata Party has formed an alliance with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the Janata Dal (JSP) for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh.

The Jana Sena is contesting the general elections in Andhra Pradesh in alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Telugu Desam Party (TDP). According to the seat-sharing agreement, the PPP will contest 6 Lok Sabha seats and 10 Assembly seats, while the People’s Democratic Party will contest 17 seats and 144 Assembly seats. Janasena will contest two Lok Sabha seats and 21 parliamentary seats.

The Election Commission of India on Saturday announced the dates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections across the country.

According to the Election Commission announcement, Andhra Pradesh will hold elections in 25 constituencies on May 13. Elections in the coastal state will be held in just one phase.

A total of 968 million voters will be eligible to vote in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

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