After securing a big election win, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister-elect Jagan Mohan Reddy arrived at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence in Delhi this morning to meet him. He is likely to take up the issue of Special Category Status for Andhra Pradesh.
Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSR Congress Party has been elected to power with a massive mandate of 151 seats in the 175-member state assembly, virtually decimating Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party that won just 23 seats.
In the Lok Sabha, the YSR Congress Party lawmakers will now represent 22 of 25 state's parliamentary constituencies. The TDP has won just three Lok Sabha seats.
Mr Reddy is the son of one of Andhra Pradesh's most popular chief ministers, YS Rajashekhara Reddy, who died in a chopper crash in 2009.
The 46-year-old, who inherited his father's supporters, still had to make his mark at the head of a new party formed in 2011.
It was Jagan Reddy's push for the Special Status for Andhra Pradesh that is said to be at the bottom of Chandrababu Naidu's move to part company with the BJP and join the opposition camp.
On Saturday, Jagan Reddy met Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan in Hyderabad and staked claim to form the government in the state.
Earlier in the day, he was unanimously selected by the newly elected YSR Congress lawmakers as the leader of the Legislature Party.
At the legislature and parliamentary party meeting, Jaganmohan Reddy reportedly took a dig at his political rival Chandrababu Naidu, pointing out that Mr Naidu had taken away 23 legislators and three members of parliament from the YSR Congress party after the 2014 elections.
"God had now ensured that he got precisely that number after the 2019 elections," he said.
He also visited Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and invited him for his oath ceremony on May 30. The two leaders discussed ways in which they could work together for the benefit of both Telugu states.