HYDERABAD: Prajarajyam party president K Chiranjeevi would soon embark on an elaborate exercise to interact with mandal-level and village-level PRP leaders over the next 10 days.

Though the schedule has not been finalized, messages have been sent to all contestants to shortlist at least 20 names in their respective constituencies who sincerely took the party to the masses. These 20 leaders would have direct interaction with the party president and they in turn would be asked to identify 50 leaders at the mandal-level and village-level, who would have an opportunity to meet the party president and share their experiences over dinner.

Party sources said that the dinner diplomacy was being planned to keep the cadres’ morale high till the day of counting, May 16. Strangely, Chiranjeevi would be doing an exercise which his arch political rival and TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu completed well before the conduct of elections in the state.

Meanwhile, the PRP president was on a high on Monday with more than satisfactory feedback from contestants in East Godavari, West Godavari and Visakhapatnam. The review meetings held to assess the party’s performance in East Godavari and West Godavari ended on a buoyant note with party leaders exuding confidence that the party would win 28 out of the 34 assembly seats.

Contestants who attended the meeting claimed that women and first-time voters in both the Godavari districts came out in large numbers to cast a `decisive vote’. The polling percentage in both the Godavari districts was as high as 81.5 per cent. The PRP president has reviewed the party’s performance in 22 districts and the last one on the list is Krishna district, which would be reviewed on Tuesday.

In response to a query, contestants from West Godavari said that they would strive for the victory of any candidate from Palacole, in case the party president decided to retain the Tirupati assembly seat.

In another development, the party demanded the state government to announce and ex gratia of Rs 1 lakh to 38 people, mostly poor farmers, who died of sun stroke across the state in the past 48 hours.

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“From now, on there will be a receptive leadership at the party headquarters and all the leaders, including the disaffected ones, will be taken in to confidence,’’ stated the Praja Rajyam Party president Chiranjeevi.
He would meet all the leaders, irrespective of their positions, and would accommodate all those who worked for the party in various positions. Chiranjeevi was interacting with mediapersons here Sunday in between the ongoing constituency-wise analysis of party performance. The exercise has nearly come to an end and just a few districts remained, he stated.
After May 4, he would start meeting leaders constituencywise, including disappointed ticket aspirants.
Due to lack of time before the polls, he was not able to meet all the people, the actor said. As many of the leaders were away campaigning, there was no one in the office to give the second-rung leaders a hearing and this had brought the “non-receptive’’ tag on the party, the PRP chief pointed out.
Lack of a proper communication system had caused some errors in selection of candidates, he conceded.
Irrespective of all these problems, the party had fared well in the elections, Chiranjeevi maintained, and exuded confidence that it would get a clear majority.
There was 72.5 percent polling in the State — 17 percent more than in the previous elections — and all the additional votes had gone into the PRP kitty, he said, adding that the feedback from the candidates corroborated his estimate. Ridiculing other parties for claiming credit for increase in the polling percentage, Chiranjeevi claimed that that was to be attributed to the rise of the PRP.
He critisised both the chief minister and Opposition leader for going off on vacations, “neglecting the people’s problems’’.
The paddy produced by the farmers was not bought at minimum support price on the pretext that it contained moisture, he alleged, and wondered why prices of essentials were not declining.
Asked what action the party would take in the case of candidates who did not campaign, Chiranjeevi said such things would be looked into. He admitted that some leaders had taken the polls lightly.
The PRP chief rubbished allegations that party tickets were sold, and stated that the canard was spread by disgruntled elements.

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With a close result being expected for the state elections, a heated debate is on in political circles about the status of MLAs elected from the Praja Rajyam. Will they be treated as legislators belonging to a recognised party and bound by the party whip, or will they be treated as independents because the party is not recognised, is the big question.

The debate has gained importance because of talk that main parties like the Congress and TD-led Grand Alliance could poach the party’s legislators. The Praja Rajyam is not a recognised political party as per the symbol order, though the Election Commission gave the party a common symbol for the elections. It will be recognised automatically once it secures a minimum of two seats in the Assembly and six per cent of valid polled votes in the state, which is a given.

Since the Praja Rajyam has so far not been recognised by the Election Commission, other parties are arguing that its MLAs will not be bound by the Anti-Defection Law and will be free to extending support or voting in favour of any party and should be treated on par with independent MLAs.

According to sources, there was a debate among politicians on the subject at a party held on Sunday attended by, among others, Dr K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao, MP and friend of the Chief Minister, and Mr Allu Aravind, Chiranje-evi’s brother-in-law and Praja Rajyam power front.

When contacted Mr Aravind acknowledged that the debate was on. “We know both the Cong-ress and the TD are trying to create confusion among our MLAs.”

He said the party had discussed the issue with constitutional experts in Delhi. According to them, Mr Aravind said, whoever gets elected on behalf of the Praja Rajyam would be automatically treated as MLAs belonging to the party.

“The rule says whoever contests the polls on the B-form issued by a political party, whether it has got recognition or not, will automatically be treated as MLAs belonging to that party,” Mr Aravind said. “There is no ambiguity on this. We know the intentions of these old parties, but we are not afraid of them. We are going to get absolute majority.”

The Chief Electoral Officer, Dr I.V. Subba Rao, endorsed this view. “I think defections are not allowed to candidates elected on behalf of a political party and on the B-forms issued by that party,” he said. “If the whole party decides to support another party in the formation of government that is a different story, that is allowed by the law but not through defections.”

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