Party Chief  

Pawan Kalyan met prominent leaders of the BSP. He intends to meet party chief Mayawati soon to discuss more on forthcoming general elections and the situation of Dalits and backward class in the Telugu states.

Veteran BJP leader Rajnath Singh asked Congress leaders to advise Gandhi not to use "derogatory" language to target the prime minister, an apparent reference to the main opposition party chief's "chor" (thief) jibe at Narendra Modi.

A throwback to the journey of now-elected DMK president, MK Stalin, who has taken over the reins of the party post Karunanidhi's demise  

Telugu actor-turned-politician Pawan Kalyan, who is the Jana Sena party chief, said that he is getting calls from unknown people, who are threatening to kill him either by staging a car accident or with a bomb.