Pawan Kalyan wants to be the Andhra cabinet's deputy chief minister: Sources

According to sources, actor-turned-politician Pawan Kalyan would run for the position of Deputy Chief Minister in the Andhra Pradesh government. As Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu is scheduled to take the oath of office as chief minister on Wednesday, he will also run for five cabinet positions on behalf of his party.

On Tuesday, the Janasena party's MLAs chose Pawan Kalyan, the leader of the party, to lead the Andhra Pradesh Assembly as its floor leader.

The action was taken in advance of the NDA lawmakers' gathering to choose TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu as their leader in the House.
Legislator N Manohar of Janasena Tenali put out Pawan Kalyan's name for floor leader of the Assembly, and other members unanimously agreed, according to party sources.

In order to win the Pithapuram Assembly seat, Pawan Kalyan defeated his YSR Congress Party rival Vanga Geetha by a margin of over 70,000 votes.

In the 175-member House, Janasena is represented by 21 lawmakers.
In Andhra Pradesh, the NDA easily defeated the TDP, taking 164 Assembly seats (Janasena, 21, TDP, and 8).

With the induction of MLAs, the Andhra Pradesh Assembly session will begin on June 17. The following day, a new Speaker will be chosen.

In the Andhra cabinet, out of 25 seats, 20 belong to the TDP, 3 to the Jana Sena + Deputy Chief Minister position, and 2 are probably for the BJP. This is known as seat sharing (TDP - JSP - BJP).