Film star and Telugu Desam MlA N Balakrishna on Monday dismissed the media reports that he was going to succeed his brother-in-law N Chandrababu Naidu as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.“There is no truth in these reports,” he told the media on the occasion of the Foundation Day ceremony of Basavatarakam Cancer Hospital in Hyderabad. The popular actor is the Chairman of the Trust which runs the hospital.His remarks came in the backdrop of a spate of media speculations that Chandrababu Naidu will quit as CM following the allegations of his involvement in cash for vote scam. Names of Balakrishna, Union Minister Ashok Gajpati Raju and Naidu’s son N lokesh were doing rounds as possible successor. “In my view only Babugaru can lead the Government and the party effectively”, he said adding that there was no possibility of change in the leadership. “Babuaru will remain the CM”, he said without commenting on the cash for vote controversy.
