N Chandrababu Naidu: Things you must know

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Na Ra Chandrababu Naidu is busy with the first budget sessions in the AP Assembly. This write-up is for those who want to know more about Chandrababu and his political career

• Chandrababu Naidu is a native of Naravari Palle in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh
• Naidu joined Youth Congress as a student leader at a an early age
• Naidu at 28 became the state's youngest assembly member and minister
• Chandrababu Naidu is one of the longest serving chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh
• He is also the longest serving Leader of Opposition
  
• The three-time chief minister of Andhra Pradesh is senior not just to governor ESL but also Telangana CM KCR. Governor ESL Narasimhan was an IPS officer when Chandrababu Naidu ruled Andhra Pradesh. Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao was a minister in Chandrababu's Cabinet between 1995-99.
  
• Chandrababu is credited with turning Hyderabad into a IT hub
• It was during Naidu's tenure that international state heads like British Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President Bill Clinton visited Hyderabad
  
• Impressed by Chandrababu's vision, the Governor of Illinois even proclaimed a Naidu Day in his honor
• The then AP CM escaped an assasination attempt way back in 2003. Naidu was on his way to Tirumala to attend the annual Brahmotsavam festival when the blast occurred. He survived a land-mine blast with hairline fractures of two ribs and a fractured collarbone
  
• Chandrababu Naidu received a lot of flak pre-bifurcation for not being clear on his stand over the Telangana issue
• Naidu is married to Buvaneshwari, daughter of NT Rama Rao's second daughter
• Chandrababu is now projecting his son Lokesh as the next face of TDP while NTR Jr is clearly miffed with him being sidelined
  
• Political analysts believe it was to show Nandamuri family that they no importance in the political affairs that the TDP chief roped in popular Tollywood star and Jana Sena founder Pawan Kalyan to campaign during elections
  
• Besides, Naidu is also said to be close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi
• An assets case filed against Naidu by YSR's wife Vijayamma was dismissed by the court as not meeting the parameters of public-interest litigation