Hyderabad, May 28 -- Several party leaders pitched for Telugu Desam Party (TDP) general secretary and state IT minister Nara Lokesh's apppointment as the working president at the party's three-day biennial conclave, Mahanadu, which kickstarted at Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday.

While chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is all set to be re-elected as the party's national president on Wednesday, which will be the second day of Mahanadu, several party leaders including ministers said they would request the party president to announce Lokesh's redesignation as the working president in the conclave itself.

State irrigation minister Nimmala Rama Naidu told reporters that Lokesh had already proven his capability by effectively coordinating...