Balayya to skip Modi's oath taking

Former Chief Minister NT Rama Rao's son and actor turned-politician Balakrishna will not be attending Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's swearing -in ceremony slated for Wednesday.

According to TDP sources party president N. Chandrababu Naidu and his brother-in law Balakrishna received the invitation from Narendra Modi to attend the function. Earlier, Chandrababu had decided to send Balakrishna to Gujarat but he changed his mind later, sources said.

According to the directive from Chandrababu, the Tollywood actor decided to skip the ceremony.

Sources say that Chandrababu had to take the decision to keep away from the oath taking ceremony because if he or other party members attended the function it would hurt the sentiments of the Muslims and may have impact on the vote bank.

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