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Sharad Pawar offers ‘clock’ symbol to PRP

In a move that may indicate changing equations at the Centre, the Nationalist Congress Party led by Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar has offered its ‘clock’ symbol to the Prajarajyam Party of Chiranjeevi to contest the elections in Andhra Pradesh.

If accepted by Prajarajyam, Pawar’s NCP will take on its UPA ally, the Congress, in the coming elections in the state.

NCP is a registered national party with the Election Commission of India and was allotted the ‘clock’ symbol way back in 2000 after its electoralperformance in Maharashtra and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Prajarajyam sources said the offer to lend its symbol to Chiranjeevi’s party was made by Y P Trivedi, NCP treasurer and close confidant of Pawar, when he met the Prajarajyam president here a few days ago.

The offer comes as a welcome relief for Prajarajyam as the Election Commission has rejected its plea for a common symbol on the ground that the new party does not meet the required criteria. “We are in the process of weighing the option of accepting NCP’s proposal,” A Prajarajyam Party senior leader said.

The sources added that Chiranjeevi is inclined to take up the ‘clock’ symbol. “His initial concern was whether by using the NCP symbol, would the party still be able to qualify for being recognised as a regional party by the EC for the next elections. After being told by EC that Prajarajyam will qualify provided it meets the criteria, the NCP offer is likely to be accepted,” the sources said.

NCP too stands to gain from the arrangement. “While the party’s stature as a national party will grow by the usage of the clock symbol in Andhra Pradesh, it is also seen as a direct challenge to Congress president Sonia Gandhi as the ‘clock’ would be pitted against the ‘hand’ symbol of the Congress. There is a clear message to the Congress that the NCP cannot be taken for granted by the Congress in the post-election scenario,” one leader said.

According to Prajarajyam sources, Chiranjeevi feels that lack of a common symbol might greatly mar the performance of the party in the elections. “Chiranjeevi has a huge following in rural areas and many of these voters are either illiterate or semi-literate and therefore, rely on the symbol to cast their votes. The lack of a common symbol is bound to confuse the rural voter,” the sources said. Hence, the likelihood of Prajarajyam taking up the NCP’s offer, they added.
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Chiranjeevi is Not N T Rama Rao: Naidu

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TDP has said the new entrant in politics and Telugu megastar, Chiranjeevi, was “nothing” compared to its founder and legendary star N T Rama Rao when it comes to popularity and ability to woo voters.

“He (Chiranjeevi) is nothing. Nobody can be compared with N T Rama Rao,” Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu said when asked whether he sees Chiranjeevi as an NTR in the making.

Rao, who acted in over 300 films, formed the TDP in March 1982 and the party came into power within nine months of its formation in a dramatic way like his films.

Chiranjeevi, who starred in nearly 150 films, formed his Praja Rajyam Party in August last year and is all set to try his luck in the forthcoming Assembly elections.

“There are so many actors, nobody can be compared with N T Rama Rao. Already he (Chiranjeevi) is losing his place,” Naidu told PTI in an interview.

The megastar last week had said he would soon meet President Pratibha Patil to lodge a formal complaint against the “corruption” of both Congress and TDP.

“We shall get an inquiry conducted, if elected to power, into the large-scale corruption indulged in by both (Chief Minister) Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and N Chandrababu Naidu and take appropriate action,” Chiranjeevi had said.

The TDP chief, on the other hand, dismissed the suggestion that Chiranjeevi’s PRP could be a threat to the regional party and form the next government in Andhra Pradesh.

“He is not a threat,” Naidu said.

There have been reports that Chiranjeevi is likely to contest from two constituencies — Tirupati Assembly seat in Chittoor district and from another constituency (possibly Narasapuram) in West Godavari district.

NTR had contested from Tirupati and Nimmakuru in Krishna district after floating TDP in his first election.

Praja Rajyam Questions CPM Flip Flop

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The Praja Rajyam general secretary and brother-in-law of Chiranjeevi, Mr Allu Aravind, on Monday asked the CPI(M) state secretary, Mr B.V. Raghavulu, to publish a book on why the Left joined hands with the Telugu Desam.

The Left had earlier published a booklet, Babu Jamana Avineethi Khazana on the “corrupt regime” of the Telugu Desam president, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu.

While addressing a media conference at the PR central office on Monday, Mr Aravind wanted to know whether the CPI(M) was ready to apologise to the people for its volte-face on its allegations on the TD.

He made it clear that if the CPI(M) was not ready to bring out a book as demanded by the PR, his party would publish a detailed booklet citing the allegations made by the Marxist party against Mr Naidu’s regime in a bid to expose the double standards of the Communists.

Interestingly, the ruling Congress has already decided to reprint the CPI(M)’s booklet on Mr Naidu’s rule and distribute it among the people. Taking strong exception to the remarks made by Mr Raghavulu against the Yuva Rajyam president, Pavan Kalyan, Mr Aravind said since the Grand Alliance was unable to take off, the Marxist leader was getting desperate and even going to the extent of abusing PR leaders.

“Despite ideological differences, the Left forged an alliance with the TD only with a vindicative agenda,” he alleged.

Dasari again attacks Chiru indirectly?

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Dr.Dasari Narayana Rao once again cracking jokes on Chiranjeevi’s social justice episode has once again invoked the internal controversy between Dasari and Chiru. On Saturday in Hyderabad Nandi Awards were distributed on this eve Dasari stated that taking this award is something really feels good. N T R having entered into politics is the reason behind him not getting Bharata Ratna Award, diplomatically he stated that Congress leaders are standing out to be as obstacles.

With these statements people got confused so as to is he a Congress man or T D P man. Cracking jokes with respect to Chiru’s social justice issue he stated that this social justice topic himself and N T R have already shown in their flick ‘Manushulantha Okate’ everybody felt that he is again provoking rough road between him and Chiru. We need to wait and watch how many jokes he might have made in his upcoming flick ‘Mestri’.

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Chiru slams State for attacks on Christians

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GUNTUR: The failure of the Central and State governments have led to attacks on Christians. When Praja Rajyam comes to power, it will address all these problems effectively, said party founder Chiranjeevi addressing a large gathering of devotees at Bible Mission Conventions here on Thursday.

This was Mr. Chiranjeevi’s first visit to Guntur district after the launch of his party. Many people from nearby areas thronged the three-day Conventions venue opposite Acharya Nagarjuna University. Managing the crowd became a difficult proposition for the Bible Mission. Special prayers were rendered for the success of Mr. Chiranjeevi’s political mission and he got special blessing from the preachers.

Repeatedly reminding them that he was not there to make a political speech, the megastar demanded a “full stop” to the atrocities on Christians.

People went on top of the steel barricading and tried to come as close to the podium though there was CCTV network in the 70-acre canopy covered arena. Promising financial help to all Christians to visit Bethlehem, Mr. Chiranjeevi vowed to create a new cell for the welfare of the minorities.

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Chiranjeevi’s Estimated Profit Rs 1000 Cr

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It has been a while since megastar Chiranjeevi has made his foray into politics and since day one, a keen research has been on to see how effective and wise was his decision to actually come to this field leaving aside the glitzy world of entertainment and glamour. Chiru literally left his throne to jump into this field.

There are many who have been criticizing the move of Chiru and they even went on to say that all this exercise will lead to nothing but loss of money, health and energy for him leaving him with nothing. However, a deeper truth has now been revealed and this might stump all those who are of these thoughts.

Apparently, it has been said that at the end of this entire election exercise, irrespective of whether Chiru will come to power or not, the truth remains that he will be left with a whopping Rs 1000 crores after all expenses gone on his election stint (people may feel that the figure is incredible, but it was revealed by a High court senior advocate who is observing PRP closely). All these funds have been gathered through form of deposits, party funds and various other propaganda stints. This is something Chiru will not make even if he does twenty movies. Guess this should make things clear for you now folks.

Why Chiru is bothered about NTR?

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Why is Praja Rajyam party president Chiranjeevi making so much fuss about Telugu Desam party carrying N T Rama Rao’s portrait during its election campaign?

According to TD leaders, the answer is simple: If TD highlights NTR during its campaign, people would definitely draw a comparison between him and Chiranjeevi. Already, Chiru’s speeches have failed to generate any enthusiasm among the people, as they are dull and drab. They are coming in large numbers to his meetings, but they are finding that his speeches do not have any punch and sting that NTR used to have.

And once Balakrishna enters the scene and goes about with his road shows with NTR’s portrait in the backdrop, people will definitely get attracted towards him. Hence, Chiru is raking up the issue of NTR to convey to the people that the NTR legacy in TD had already been lost.

Chiru’s backstabbing nature

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It appears that megastar Chiranjeevi who has now full fledged into politics seems to have learnt the nuances of political words quickly and slowly but surely, he has begun to use them. This time, he has taken the assault directly to chief minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy and his administration. Taking the reference from the ‘Padma’ awards, Chiru said that YS has got command over the Congress high command in Delhi and alleged that it is due to the fact that YS sold many lands and gave the money to the folks in the centre. So Chiru’s version is that it is on YS’s recommendation that both Krishna and Brahmanandam have been chosen for the awards. Ironically, it must be remembered that megastar Chiranjeevi received the prestigious honor during his peak days and this happened under the regime of the Congress party only. Wonder if Chiru feels the same in his case too.

Chiranjeevi to sharpen attack
The Praja Rajyam president, K. Chiranjeevi, has decided to sharpen his remarks against his political opponents. The party leaders are of the view that people want Chiranjeevi to be more aggressive in his political speeches in the run-up to the elections.Recent surveys by the party revealed that the people wanted Chiranjeevi to pack his political speeches with more sting. According to PR sources, the party got a feedback on his political speeches from various sections of people during his state-wide tours. It was found the speeches were stale and insipid.This survey was conducted in places toured by Chiranjeevi during his public meetings and road shows.“We have taken 25 samples in every place. Out of the 25, almost 20 people wanted a change in Chiranjeevi’s soft approach towards other parties. They wanted his speeches to be more punchy,” said the source.That is believed to be the reason why Chiranjeevi launched a scathing attack during his four-day tour in Chittoor district against the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy and the TD chief, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu. The PR chief, who passed critical comments on both these leaders, did not even spare the AICC president and the UPA chairperson, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, during his tour.

CM gets 100 nominees cleared
The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, has performed a miracle of sorts by getting the party high command to finalise over 100 candidates for the coming polls without triggering any group war or wrangling.He himself informed the candidates about the party high command decision and asked them to devise campaign strategies.The finalisation of candidates has never happened so early in the history of the Congress. Bitter fights between wannabes were common in the party but all that has disappeared after Dr Reddy took over.“For the first time we didn’t see any dissidence in the Congress which itself a big achievement for Dr Reddy,” said a senior leader. “Now he has also got the names cleared. There is a sea change in the party in the last five years.” The process of finalising candidates for the remaining segments is also on but the decision on the Telangana region would take some more time.Dr Reddy quelled any possibility of dissenting murmurs by undertaking the candidate selection in a “scientific manner”. Sources close to Dr Reddy said he presented the results of several surveys conducted in the state to the party president, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, and this clinched the issue. “The AICC and our leader Sonia Gandhi organised two different surveys for our State and their results were also similar to the ones commissioned by the Chief Minister,” said the source.All the surveys hinted that the Congress was way ahead of all other parties and that the possible alliance between the Left, the Telugu Desam and the Telangana Rastra Samiti would not change the fortunes of the party. courtesy – deccan

PRP BC ‘maha sabha’next month

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BHIMAVARAM: Praja Rajyam East and West Godvari districts observer Enukonda Subrahmanyam has said both Telugu Desam and Congress neglected the welfare of backward classes in the State. Speaking at a press conference here on Sunday Mr Subrahmanyam, who is also State president of Nayee Brahmana Seva Sangham, said a mammoth public meeting of B.Cs would be held at Vijayawada in the last week of February. He said nearly 20 lakh B.Cs would attend the maha sabha. He said the motto of PRP was to bring social justice. He alleged that the Congress government was swindling crores of the rupees in the name of Jala Yagnam and other major irrigation projects. He said TDP chief Nara Chandrababu Naidu was now shedding crocodile tears towards B.Cs. K.P.N. Prasad, PRP convener of West Godavari District, said people from all over the State were voluntarily joining PRP. Maradani Ranga Rao, former Minister, said B.Cs in Andhra Pradesh were fed up with the ruling Congress government.

PRP Leader Allu Aravind says Spl package for Muslims

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HYDERABAD: Muslims in the State are going to get a special package from the Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) if it is voted to power. The details of the package would be announced at a soon-to-be-organised public meeting with Muslims of the State. PRP general secretary Allu Aravind, addressing a meeting of the party’s minority delegates of the State here today said even before launching the party, its president Chiranjeevi had showed much concern towards Muslims. Today, all Muslims were being illtreated because of the misdeeds of a few disgruntled elements, Aravind said and added that the PRP would strive to protect the self-respect of the community. Speaking on the occasion, PRP’s political affairs committee member Ch Harirama Jogaih said the party would give equal opportunities to Muslims on par with other parties at the hustings. He said it was for the Muslims to decide what they wanted. Another political affairs committee member Khaleel Basha said after the demolition of the Babri Mosque, Muslims had lost their faith in the Congress and that had helped the Telugu Desam Partu (TDP). As the PRP had come as an alternative to the TDP, it would be better for Muslims to rally behind it, he said. Meanwhile, some delegates protested against the way the meeting was held. They complained that there were no important leaders to listen to their suggestions. It was decided in the meeting that the delegates should go to the districts and find out the problems of Muslims and report them to the headquarters.