Guntur (Andhra Pradesh), Nov 5 (IANS) Adding further glamour to Andhra Pradesh politics, former chief minister N.T. Rama Rao's son and popular actor N. Balakrishna Wednesday took the plunge into active politics as the main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) held a massive show of strength to counter superstar-turned-politician Chiranjeevi.

Over a million people attended the mammoth meeting on the sprawling campus of Acharya Nagarjuna University near here as TDP blew the poll bugle to take on the ruling Congress party and its new adversary Chiranjeevi's Praja Rajyam Party.

The legacy of TDP founder NTR took centre stage at the meet titled 'yuva garjana' or roar of the youth to counter the mega show held by Chiranjeevi at Tirupati on Aug 26 while launching his party.

Balakrishna, whose popularity is comparable to that of Chiranjeevi, vowed to help bring TDP back to power. Describing his father as the 'Telugu lion', he told the crowds how he formed the party to give self-respect to the Telugu people and served them.

Appealing to TDP workers to throw out the Congress government, Balakrishna said this would give peace to his late father.

"After seeing the huge crowds, I have no doubt that TDP will come back to power and Chandrababu Naidu will once again become chief minister," he said amid loud cheers by his fans and TDP activists.

Naidu, in his speech, hit back at the Congress government for misrule, corruption and lawlessness and appealed to people to throw it into the Bay of Bengal. He promised 40 percent seats to the youth in the coming assembly elections.

Besides Balakrishna, his brother and TDP MP N. Harikrishna and NTR's grandsons Tarakaratna and Kalyan Ram were the centre of attraction as TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu tried to use NTR's legacy to infuse new life into the party.