Balayya greets birthday boy Babu, says no rift between families

Actor Nandamuri Balakrishna on Wednesday denied that there was any rift between the Nara and Nandamuri families over the successor to Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu.

Speaking to media persons after greeting his brother-in-law and TDP president Chandrababu Naidu on his 62nd birthday, Mr Balakrishna said that media reports which suggested that there is rift between his elder brother Nandamuri Harikrishna and the TDP chief over the latter’s successor were baseless.

“That (reports of the rift) is a media creation and is without base. It is the responsibility of the media to solve the ‘row’ as it is their creation,” the actor said.

Mr Balakrishna, son of the party’s founder-president NT Rama Rao also expressed confidence that the party would come back to power in the state under the leadership of Mr Chandrababu Naidu and work for the welfare of poor and downtrodden people and implement founder NTR’s policies successfully.

Earlier, the actor had driven to Mr Chandrababu Naidu’s residence at Jubilee Hills and wished his brother-in-law a ‘happy birthday’ and also prayed for his long life.

Meanwhile Communist Party of India state secretary K Narayana, AIADMK president J Jayalalithaa, TDP Lok Sabha Floor Leader Nama Nageswara Rao, Praja Rajyam Party president K Chiranjeevi, Indian National Lok Dal president Om Prakash Choutala, film director Dasari Narayana Rao, senior BJP leader B Dattatreya, actor Junior NTR, party rank and file and close relatives greeted Mr Chandrababu Naidu on his birthday and wished for his long life.