Andhra: Pawan Kalyan announces alliance with TDP for 2024 Lok Sabha elections

East Godavari (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 14 (ANI): Actor turned politician and Jan Sena Party (JSP) President, K Pawan Kalyan on Thursday announced an alliance with Telugu Desam Party (TDP) to contest 2024 general elections together. 
JSP chief made the announcement after meeting TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu at Rajahmundry Central Jail in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. 
Kalyan stated that this step will change the future of Andhra Pradesh and said that Chandrababu Naidu is a visionary leader. 
"I will stand and support him in upcoming polls. The formation of the alliance with TDP is to send Jagan Mohan Reddy out of the state. Chandra Babu Naidu was sent to remand with Vendetta politics. I hope BJP will also join the alliance and send out the anarchy rule in the state," he said.
He further mentioned that from the day he started the party he decided to work for the poor people. 
"I am not fighting for Chandrababu Naidu. I'm just fighting for the sake of the state. Jagan (CM of Andhra Pradesh, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy) himself is an accused in 16 cases ao how can he speak about a visionary leader like Chandrababu Naidu...." said Kalyan. 
Kalyan further mentioned, "I started the Jana Sena party in 2014 and the state was bifurcated in the same year but the then Union government (UPA) did not fulfil the bifurcation promises." 
He further praised Naidu and said it is very bad that a person who built a city like Cyberabad is charged with encroachment and sent to jail. This is not good for the state. Is the accuser having any good quality and background? CM Jagan is doing constitutional violations. 
Chandrababu Naidu was sent to judicial custody on Sunday for 14 days, till September 23, by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) court in Vijayawada in connection with an alleged Skill Development Corporation scam. 
Earlier, TDP workers held a protest on Monday in Chittoor against the arrest and judicial custody of the TDP chief in the alleged skill development case. 
On Monday State Police also tried to detain several party leaders including TDP MLC Kancherla Srikanth in Chittoor district as a preventive action to maintain law and order in the state. 
Protests were also held in Tirupati and West Godavari districts against the arrest and judicial custody of Chandrababu Naidu. 
The case in which Naidu is arrested pertains to the establishment of clusters of Centers of Excellence (CoEs) in the state of Andhra Pradesh, with a total estimated project value of Rs 3300 crore, as per the officials. 
The agency officials also claimed that the alleged fraud has caused a huge loss to the state government in excess of Rs 300 crore. 
In its remand report, the CID has said that according to the investigation so far, the total amount spent by private entities on six skill development clusters is sourced exclusively from funds advanced by the Government of Andhra Pradesh and the Andhra Pradesh Skill Development Centre, totalling Rs 371 crore. (ANI)