Huge crowds are thronging the venue of Yuva Garjana here to witnessthe debut of film star Nandamuri Balakrishna in politics on Wednesday evening. There is so much excitement among the Telugu Desam party (TDP) activists on the prospects of the party once being led by Balakrishna, son of party founder Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao. According to estimates by the party leaders, the crowd is swelling by hour at the venue with more people pouring into the city from all directions. As many as 50,000 people have already arrived in Vijayawada on their way to Guntur. TDP MLA Paritala Sunita, who is entrusted with the job of transporting the activists from Vijayawada to Guntur, said the party had deployed 110 buses to transport the people. The buses had so far made 50 trips between Vijayawada and Guntur so far by 12 noon, she said. A life-size portrait of Balakrishna has been fastened on the dais in a hurry following the demand from the activists of Nandamuri Fans Association. The people started making to the city from the early hours by all means of transport. They look so excited over the entry of Balakrishna, one of the Nandamuri family members, into politics.
TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu, who was to have travelled to Guntur from Vijayawada airport by road, flew in here by helicopter for security reasons. Balakrishna, Kalyanram and Tarakratna are yet to arrive.
Meanwhile, Nandamuri Harikrishna has been supervising all the arrangements for the meeting, which is billed to be the biggest show by the TDP after its defeat in the last elections.
The fans associations of Telugu thespian N T Rama rao and Balakrishna have taken most of the responsibility of organising the public meeting. Though politicians, belonging to the TDP, are also taking part, Nanamuri family members remain cynosure of all eyes
