Mayawati, Pawan Kalyan to campaign in AP

BSP chief Mayawati and Jana Sena Party founder Pawan Kalyan will jointly address election meetings at Vijayawada, Tirupati, and Hyderabad. Jana Sena is tied up with Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to contest Assembly and LS polls in Andhra Pradesh.

Hyderabad: BSP Chief Mayawati and Jana Sena Party founder Pawan Kalyan, who formed an alliance for the Assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh, would jointly address election meetings at Vijayawada, Tirupati, and Hyderabad.

They will campaign for the success of the nominees of Jana Sena, BSP and Left parties in Andhra Pradesh, said a press release.

Mayawati would reach Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday and address a joint media conference with Kalyan on the next day, it said.

They will also address a public meeting at Vijayawada on Wednesday and take part in a rally at Tirupati on April 4.

On the same day, Mayawati would attend a public meeting to be held in Hyderabad along with Kalyan, it said.

Kalyan, an actor-turned-politician who is the younger brother of top actor Chiranjeevi, formed the Jana Sena in 2014.

He had supported the TDP-BJP alliance in the 2014 elections.