Janasena president Konidela Nagendra Babu, who is the brother of Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, has officially taken oath as a Member of the Legislative Council (MLC). The oath ceremony was held on Wednesday at the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in Amaravati, with Legislative Council Chairman Moshen Raju conducting the ceremony. With this, Nagababu has officially commenced his duties as an MLC, following all formalities. He was freshly elected unopposed from the MLA quota, getting hold of an important seat in the legislative affairs of the state.
The MLA quota elections had five seats of MLC available, all of which fell into the pocket of the TDP alliance. While three seats were won by TDP, its allies BJP and Janasena were given one seat each. Nagababu was representing Janasena, with the BJP nominating Somu Veerraju. The three MLC candidates of the TDP were Kavali Greeshma, BT Naidu, and Beeda Ravichandra. Since the YSRCP had not enough members to contest, it withdrew, thus leaving all five of them to win unopposed. After their win, Nagababu and the other elected MLCs swore in.
With Nagababu now officially part of the Legislative Council, the spotlight is now on his possible inclusion in the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet. Earlier, TDP chief and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu proposed adding Nagababu as a minister, which idea got full support from Pawan Kalyan. Now that his MLC appointment is over, political circles are full of speculations about when he will be allocated a ministerial portfolio.
With Janasena being a vital part of the ruling coalition, it is considered by many to be only a matter of time before Nagababu’s inclusion in the Cabinet. While talks within the TDP-Janasena-BJP coalition go on, all eyes are focused on the big announcement about his political future yet to come.
