Praja Rajyam says no to Power Sharing

The Praja Rajyam on Friday dismissed the idea of power sharing with the Telugu Desam Party after the elections, a proposal mooted by CPI State secretary K. Narayana.

The CPI leader at a meeting in Sangareddy on Wednesday had said that after the elections, ‘sharing and rotation of power’ between the two main opposition parties like the TDP and the Praja Rajyam could be considered. Praja Rajyam spokesmen P. Mitra and Parakala Prabhakar categorically told presspersons that they had never entertained such thoughts.

“We have not even spent a minute thinking on those lines. Just to set the record straight, we do not feel such a proposal is in any way feasible,” Mr. Parakala said. On alliances, he reiterated that since its birth, Praja Rajyam had gone ahead with the confidence that it was the only alternative for progress, considering the policies of the TDP and the Congress and the way they were being implemented.

Too early

Mr. Parakala reiterated that it was not averse to any political alliances and added that at this point in time, the Praja Rajyam simply was not thinking on those lines. “It is too early and when the time comes, we shall think of it,” he said. “We are convinced that Gangadevipalli model of governance is the ultimate form of ‘praja rajyam’ (self-governance). That in essence is what Praja Rajyam is working for,” he stated.

Public hearing

Referring to Friday’s public hearing on bauxite mining at Chintapalli in Visakhapatnam district, Praja Rajyam spokesman P. Mitra criticised the government for deploying Greyhounds, the elite anti-naxalite police force and dissuading people from attending the hearing.

Ad hoc panels

Guntur Special Correspondent writes: Praja Rajyam is waiting for some key political personalities to join the party before it could finalise the constitution of district committees.

However, ad-hoc committees were likely to be in place either before Chiranjeevi’s north-Andhra tour begins on October 9 or during his tour. Hectic exercise was going on in the party’s central office to finalise the names of the members of the committees.

One of the key persons designing the core concepts of PR policies and helping Chiranjeevi grasp public perspective on welfare, urban development policies of State government is a former IAS officer hailing from Guntur Thota Chandrasekhar.

Mr. Chandrasekhar, who had headed four important corporations of Maharashtra in his 20 years of service, said, “The transparency in all activities and thinking differently had attracted me towards Chiranjeevi.”

The honesty in reaching out to people, promise to design policies that help share resources transparently with equality, would bring the new generation youth closer to the party, he felt.