Eventually, Indira Gandhi does not allocate proper funds to the states. Annoyed by all this, Bhaskar Rao aims to demoralize Rama Rao by making a few of his men go against him but Rama Rao does not yield. He also decides to eradicate corruption and does not spare even his own, to establish a corrupt-free state. He always puts check on Bhaskar Rao’s dominance and makes many revolutionary changes in the governance such as ₹2 kg rice for poor people, an equal share to a daughter in father's property, abolishing Patel-Patwari system, creating Mandal system, Telugu Ganga project, etc. There onwards, Rama Rao toils a lot and wears Saffron as a symbol of his initiation. Meanwhile, humiliated Chandrababu Naidu decides to leave politics but Rama Rao recognizes his caliber and inducts him into the party. In the elections, Rama Rao wins with a high majority and becomes the 10th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. Thereupon, the Congress party looks down on Nara Chandrababu Naidu ( Rana Daggubati) as he is the opponent’s son-in-law, yet he contests against his father-in-law’s party but loses. Rama Rao denies and replaces them with new young blood. In that situation, Nadendla Bhaskar Rao ( Sachin Khedekar) prepares the list of candidates who are ex MPs & MLAs with bad conduct. So, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (Supriya Vinod) advances the elections and also appoints Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy (Varla Ramaiah) as the new Chief Minister. The center gets frightened as Andhra Pradesh is major-league to them. He struggles hard by traveling all over the state for restoring the dignity of the Telugu people and acquires their faith & admiration. He then starts his journey, with Harikrishna as his charioteer and his son-in-law Daggubati Venkateswara Rao ( Bharath Reddy) also accompanies him. So, he orders his son Nandamuri Harikrishna (Nandamuri Kalyan Ram) to repair an old Chevrolet van to use it for his campaign and names it as Chaitanya Ratham. He wants to tour across the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh. Rama Rao (Nandamuri Balakrishna) designs his flag & agenda. The film begins, after NTR announces his party as Telugu Desam.