Chiru asks people to dump Congress, TDP

Praja Rajyam founder Chiranjeevi’s juggernaut rolled on for the second consecutive day in Chittoor district, attracting, on the way, huge crowds comprising youth and women.

TIRUPATI: Praja Rajyam founder Chiranjeevi’s juggernaut rolled on for the second consecutive day in Chittoor district, attracting, on the way, huge crowds comprising youth and women.

Setting out from Palamaner in a long motorcade he covered about 10 major towns spread across four Assembly constituencies on the semi-arid western track of the district. His attack on the Congress and the TDP turned strident on Friday apparently after seeing the impressive crowds he attracted.

Social justice

The actor-turned-politician called upon the people to take a pledge to dump the parties in the ensuing elections and show them where they deserved to go. He warned the voters that one more mistake at the hustings would doom their fate forever and sought to enlist their support for his party, which, he said, remained steadfast in its commitment to social justice and all-round development.

Lashing out at the Congress government for its failure in holding the price line, he said there was a yawning gap in the prices of essential commodities and the salaries earned by people. He had a dig at his two rival parties for trying to dub the groundswell of support he was receiving from the public as mere euphoria that would burst like a bubble sooner than later.

KCR slammed

Hyderabad Special Correspondent adds: Member of the Praja Rajyam’s Political Affairs Committee, K.Vidyadhar Rao, charged Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K. Chandrasekhara Rao with not really wishing for a separate State and only taking the people for a ride for political gains.

At a press conference, he said that if Telangana became a separate State, Mr. Rao would not have a platform at all and his political existence would be at peril.

Later, party general secretary P. Mitra announced the formation of a 230-strong committee for West Godavari district with Satyaprasad, a doctor said to be a childhood friend of Mr. Chiranjeevi, as convenor.