Samalkota: Mahasena Rajesh has officially joined the Telugu Desam Party under the leadership of Nara Chandrababu Naidu, in Samalkota. During a meeting with the Dalit community, Chandrababu Naidu draped the party's scarf around Rajesh's neck welcoming him to the party. Addressing the gathering, Mahasena Rajesh mentioned that prior to the 2019 election, YS Jagan had portrayed Chandrababu Naidu as a Dalit traitor, but they had misunderstood Chandrababu Naidu due to Jagan's statements. He went on to say that they soon realized who the real Dalit traitor was. Mahasena Rajesh lauded Chandrababu Naidu for introducing 27 schemes aimed at improving the welfare of SCs, which were discontinued by YS Jagan after he took power. He also stated that if Chandrababu had won the 2019 elections, the construction of Amaravati would have been completed. Rajesh added that the students who had previously criticized Chandrababu over Amaravati's designs noted that they were now selling Idlies in Hyderabad but could have potentially become software