Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu arrived in Krishna district on Sunday evening. He was received at the Vijayawada International Airport by Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan.
Housing Minister Jogi Ramesh, Principal Secretary (Registrations) Rajath Bhargava, Krishna Collector P. Ranjit Basha, SP Siddartha Kaushal, Protocol director Bala Subrahmanyam Reddy and BJP leaders Kanna Lakshminarayana and Kamineni Srinivas were among others who welcomed Mr. Naidu.
Mr. Naidu is scheduled to unveil a bronze statue of Pinnamaneni Koteswara Rao, who served as Krishna ZP chairman for 27 years, on the premises of the Zilla Parishad office in Machilipatnam on Monday.