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“I am an illiterate and don’t know about politics. Luckily, I got an opportunity to contest in the next Assembly elections and I am confident of winning the elections. I am seriously thinking on how to understand the things and do justice for the poor, particularly the Yanadis,” says Tupakula Munemma.

Praja Rajyam party (PR) president K.Chiranjeevi , at the ‘Mahila Varathi’ programme organised in Hyderabad a couple of days ago announced that Munemma will be given ticket from the party in the coming general elections.

Munemma, wife of Kondaiah, was a daily wage labourer and a Self-Help Group (SGH) member in the village while Kondaiah is an agriculturist. Speaking on Wednesday over phone, Munemma, who was the first PR contesting candidate said, “many families in our Yanadi community are getting ruined as the men are habituated to liquor. I will strive for imposing a ban on liquor and bring a change in the lives of Yanadis.”

“Many poor people are suffering without drinking water, houses, hospitals and land to plough. In Yanadi community, most of the families frequently migrate from one place to the other as they don’t have a permanent house. In Nellore district, the main occupation of the Yanadi community is fishing and labour work. Some thousands of Yanadi are suffering with abject poverty,” said Munemma.

Stating that only poor can bring social justice in the society, the 30-year-old woman says, “I am ready to contest from any where and I am confident of winning in the polls from Chiranjeevi’s party. My family members and the villagers are very happy and have pinned hopes on me,” said Munemma.

Praja Rajyam party leader Venki Penchalaiah said that the party cadre are happy with Chiranjeevi’s decision. The party president has proved that he was committed for women empowerment in the State.

Munemma will garland Mahatma Gandhi and BR Ambedkar statues at Nellore on November 1, which happened to be the AP Formation Day, and submit a representation to the Collector on the problems of Yanadis.

Actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi will kick off the second leg of his mass contact programme from the Telangana heartland tomorrow.

The eight-day political yatra would cover the three Telangana districts of Karimnagar, Warangal and Khammam, party sources said.

Chiranjeevi would commence the road show from Siricilla in Karimnagar district, where scores of weavers ended their lives due to the crisis gripping the handlooms and powerlooms there.

The  Praja Rajyam Party founder had earlier visited Siricilla to express solidarity with the weavers. The visit has put Congress government in a spot for its alleged failure to rescue the weavers.

During the tour,  Chiranjeevi is also expected to spell out his party’s stand on the crucial issues of separate Telangana and Naxalism.

The Karimnagar and Warangal districts, hotbed of Telangana statehood movement, were also strongholds of Naxal activities once.

The actor had to cut short his first leg of tour in north coastal Andhra Pradesh by two days earlier this month due to sore throat.

While Chiranjeevi’s first leg of mass contact programme was a big hit, going by the huge crowd turnout, his impact in Telangana region will come under close scrutiny by major political players as it is expected to decide the contours electoral alliances for next year’s assembly polls.