HYDERABAD: Amid speculations on a possible alliance between the BJP and the Telugu Desam Party ( TDP ), film star-cum-TDP leader Balakrishna met Narendra Modi on Sunday. While analysts saw a political significance in the meeting, Balakrishna said he called on the BJP’s prime ministerial aspirant to invite him to the wedding of his second daughter, Tejaswini, who will tie the knot with Union minister Kavuri Sambasiva Rao’s grandson on August 21.

Among others who met Modi at the hotel where he stayed on Sunday were film personalities like K Raghavendra Rao, Ram Gopal Verma, M M Keeravani, Jagapathi Babu, Kota Srinivas Rao, Mohan Babu, and his son Manchu Vishnu and daughter Manchu Lakshmi. Dalit leader Manda Krishna Madiga and backward community leader R Krishnaiah also met Modi separately.

Meanwhile, BJP state president G Kishan Reddy said the party had collected Rs. 10 lakh as entry fee and the money would be sent to the Uttarakhand flood relief fund.

