Lokesh is TDP general secretary

Vijayawada, Sep 30: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday promoted his son N Lokesh, making him ex-officio member of the politburo and the general secretary of the central committee. Lokesh has so far been holding the post of coordinator, cadre welfare fund. This is the first time in its 33-year-old history that TDP has constituted a central committee. This followed the unanimous election of Naidu as party's national president at its conclave in May this year. The TDP decided to become a national party in the wake of the bifurcation of the erstwhile undivided state of Andhra Pradesh, in order to function effectively in both the states. Chandrababu also included Lokesh as one of the four ex-officio members of the party's politburo including Lokesh.