The Praja Rajyam Party president Chiranjeevi is clueless as to how to go about in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections to be held immediately and the local body elections in the next few months.
The party does not have any organisational structure even now and it is difficult to build one in a very short time. So, some leaders like Kotagiri Vidyadhara Rao and Tammineni Sitaram have suggested to Chiranjeevi to have an understanding with the Telugu Desam and the Communists in the coming days, so that a stronger opposition can put up a strong fight against the Congress. “Barring TRS, we are prepared to have alliance with all the three partners of the Mahakootami, including the TDP,” Kotagiri told media persons on Friday.
In fact, the idea has come from the TDP itself. Party president N Chandrababu Naidu, who tried to lure all his erstwhile party friends who joined the PRP back into the TDP, suggested that it would be in the best interests of both the TDP as well as the PRP to join hands, if the Congress has to be defeated. Those who have not come from the TDP are not accepting the idea. If such an alliance takes place, they might even prefer to join the Congress, sources say. As of now, Chiranjeevi has no answer!
The Praja Rajyam chief, Mr K. Chiranjeevi, on Wednesday, appealed to the state government to give top priority to provide safe drinking water. Participating in the debate on Motion of Thanks to the Governor’s Address, Mr Chiranjeevi lamented the inability of the governments to provide water despite technological advancements. Acute drinking water crisis was forcing women to walk several miles even in districts like East and West Godavari. The Governor’s address is a dream but turns a nightmare on facing reality, he added.
Mr Chiranjeevi also said he would not mind Congress remaining in power forever as long as it catered to the needs of poor. The PR chief questioned the government on cancelling the ration cards terming them bogus after claiming credit for issuing record number of ration cards. Mr Chiranjeevi said the belt shops should be phased out.
While appreciating the Chief Minister for appointing Ms Sabita Indira Reddy as the home minister, he said a woman should be posted as excise minister to counter the damage caused by liquor in family life.
Praja Rajyam Party chief K Chiranjeevi said on Wednesday that people in Andhra Pradesh were crying for even basic needs like drinking water, while the Congress Government was making tall claims about its achievements.
“What is the use of achieving a nine per cent growth rate when people are left with parched throats? Be it the tribal areas in Adilabad district or the fertile Godavari districts, or fluoride-affected Nalgonda, lakhs of people still do not have access to safe drinking water,” Chiranjeevi said in his maiden address in the state Assembly.
The Telugu megastar, a first-time MLA, vented his anguish rather than anger over what he said sorry state of affairs and pathetic living conditions, during discussion on the motion of thanks to the Governor’s address.
In his 45-minute speech, Chiranjeevi mocked at the government’s claim of registering an annual six per cent growth in the agriculture sector.
“If that is true, why have 7,500 farmers committed suicide in the last five years. Even today, farmers are suffering as they are unable to get even the minimum support price on their produce,” the PRP leader said.
Government schools were being shut down on the pretext of low enrolment, he said. “We have to explore the reasons for poor enrolment. Children are unable to get access to good education and are ending up as child labour.”
Stating that irrigation projects were required for the development of the state, Chiranjeevi said government should prioritise the schemes instead of taking up all in one go.
As per the current estimates, a staggering Rs two lakh crore will be required to complete the 81 irrigation projects taken up by the government. Where will the money come from and how many decades will it take to complete them? asked Chiranjeevi.
The actor-turned-politician said the government could create an additional “ayacut” of only 19 lakh acres in the past five years despite the promise of creating an extra irrigation potential of one crore acres.
The area served by an irrigation project such as a canal, dam or tank is called ayacut. There was no industrial development worth the name in Andhra Pradesh in the last five years even as neighbouring states like Tamil Nadu made rapid strides, he said.
“We have got many special economic zones sanctioned but not a single major industry has come up in the state so far. The SEZs are in fact turning into realty zones.”
On Telangana, Chiranjeevi said, “Commitment is important, not the number of committees you have constituted on the issue.”
Summing up, the PRP chief promised full support to good programmes initiated by the government. “We don’t mind sitting in the Opposition if you do good to the people and the state. Otherwise, people will show you your place.”
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HYDERABAD: In a speech more appropriate for light, sound and action, Prajarajyam president Chiranjeevi said the Congress can rule the state for as long as it wants, provided it looks after the welfare of the people.
Speaking on the motion of thanks to the governor’s address, Chiranjeevi said the PRP is with the Congress as long as it ensures the welfare of the people by coming out with sound policies. “You can rule as long as you want. Happy. Claps, claps. But the day you ignore their welfare, we will take over,” he said in his maiden speech in the Assembly on Wednesday.
Chiranjeevi demanded that the state government address itself to drinking water problem, particularly in Adilabad and Nalgonda districts where the people were suffering from fluoride. “Though only Rs 150 crore is enough to solve the problem, the policy makers failed to take any action,” he said.
Quoting statistics, Chiranjeevi said if the agriculture sector was in good shape and if the growth rate was six per cent as claimed by the government, why 7,500 farmers committed suicide. Taking a dig at the nine-hour free power for the agriculture sector, he said what they need is at least 5 hours of uninterrupted power supply.
Pavan Kalyan is keeping himself away from Prajarajyam party as Pavan is angry over Allu Arvind, according to film nagar sources, Pavan is with a hope that just because of Allu Arvind they lost in previous elections. This was strongly condemned by Chiranjeevi saying that even till today Pavan is taking care of all Yuvarajyam activities, as such he is busy with shootings that’s the reason he is keeping away from PRP affairs and not coming before media.
Chiranjeevi stated that as Y S R and K V P are good friends so are Allu Arvind and me, Chiru acknowledged that opponent party people were successful in damaging the image of the party. Chiranjeevi further stated that in future also Arvind would continue to be in party on Friday in an interview he gave to media. Chiru stated that other than B J P they are ready to join hands with any party.
Praja Rajyam Party president Chiranjeevi has a double face: one innocent and other ugly.
This was stated by former Mahila Rajyam leader P Sarojini Devi, mother of film actress Pratyusha, who died in the most suspicious circumstances a few years ago. She quit the PRP just before polls, after she was denied the ticket.
Sarojini said the PRP was like a fake company, which collected money from the gullible people and cheated them later. The PRP leaders made hundreds of crores of rupees cashing in on the name and image of Chiranjeevi. “He is a doubled-faced character. He talks sweetly, but cheats the people, especially womenfolk,” she said.
She claimed that party general secretary Allu Arvind had convinced her to talk to the mothers of Swapnika and Ayesha which she did. “But after that I was badly cheated by the party,’’ she alleged.
The hot beauty Anushka is one girl who has been getting very famous, more than megastar Chiranjeevi himself. It is heard that recently, the famous director Kodi Ramakrishna was sharing his thoughts with a group of his close friends and he was talking about his movies.
Kodi is said to have mentioned that when he made ‘Anji’ with Chiranjeevi, the expectations were very high but the movie bombed miserably at the box office. On the other hand, when he made ‘Arundhati’ with Anushka, he was not that over confident and the result turned to be overwhelming.
Grapevine says that Kodi was saying stardom is just an eye wash and what really matters is presence and performance. That way he was said to be giving good scores to Anushka than Chiru himself. With a director of that caliber giving such ratings, it is indeed something to think of. More AP 2009 Elections Results Live News
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Chilakaluripet: That script writer, actor and director Posani Krishna Murali is a maverick is an understatement. A “good friend” of mega star Chiranjeevi, he joined the Prajarajyam Party and subsequently was rewarded with Chilakaluripet assembly ticket in his home district of Guntur. Strangely enough, the eccentric director is giving a tough time to his own party cadre. On Day One of his campaign, he had a curt message to party cadre: “I am not going to pay anything to you for trailing me. I cannot even provide you food or liquor. Come along with me only if you want to see Chiranjeevi as CM or get lost!”
“Dabbulu adigina vadu, tisukuni pracharam chese vadu iddaru vedhavalu (Those who ask for money and those who take money are idiots),” he said. Shocked party leaders tried to reason with him in vain that some party workers are really poor.
“I will pull Chiranjeevi’s collar if he asks me to distribute money,” the actorpolitician said much to the chargin of the cadres.
The other day, Posani was all fire and brimstone at media persons for asking him about his roots. “Is Chilakaluripet located in Pakistan? Am I not living in India? Who is local and who is non-local? Naidu wins election from Kuppam and resides in Hyderabad. YSR wins elections from Kadapa and stays in Hyderabad. Are they locals?” he thundered.
Then, it was the turn of the local leaders. When one asked him about his “availability” in the constituency after the election, his shocking reply was: “I will always be available on my mobile except when I am eating, am with my wif, and when I am writing my scripts.”
During his campaign, Posani went into a Dalit colony and asked the women who were on their way to attend nature’s call. “Have you ever seen the wives of MLAs, MPs and CMs going behind bushes like you?” he asked. The women, who did not take kindly to his remarks, reportedly chased him from the village. He later clarified that he wanted to promise them that he would construct toilets for women.
Unable to digest Posani’s unending barbs, state Yuvarajyam secretary Kasa Rama Srinu quit the party.
Posani Krishna Murali’s absence from the current political scene surely makes the politics less tasty and less spicy. He is busy with his latest film, ‘ Rajavari Chepala Cheruvu ,’ in which he is playing the lead role. He is very much labouring on the film to release it before the elections begins.
When he was contacted by a news channel to express his opinion about film stars crossing swords with each other through different political platforms, he said though it is not appreciable, but inevitable as they all stands on different platforms.
Responding to the criticism by Dr. Rajashekar and Jeevitha against Chiranjeevi , he said that, ‘ Chiranjeevi has nothing do with the others business. He worked hard to establish himself in the film industry. He is striving hard to establish himself and his Praja Rajyam party in politics. Then, what is wrong with it?
Its’ quite natural that failure candidates like Dr.Rajashekar and Jeevitha envies Chiranjeevi and his brothers. Even they failed in politics, as neither of them got party ticket. They can’t reach the level of Chiranjeevi and his brothers during their life time. Hence, they are vomiting their hatter and jealousy through political platforms. Once the elections are over, no one from the Congress party will allow them into their offices.
