Chiru all out to woo youth, women

Mega’ response: Praja Rajyam party president Chiranjeevi greeting the people during the ‘Praja Ankitha Yatra’ in Godavarikhani town in Karimnagar on Saturday.

GODAVARIKHANI: Praja Rajyam president K. Chiranjeevi on Saturday went all out to woo youth and women and drew their attention by telling them how he would improve their lot if his party came to power.

On the third day of his ‘Praja Ankitha Yatra’ in Telangana , he was enthused by the large turnout of women all through his tour, right from Ramagundam, at roadside meetings and till Karimnagar town.

At one place, he was greeted by flag-waving followers of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi and the Left parties. Acknowledging their presence, he conveyed his greetings to them and expressed solidarity with their parties.

He reminded youth of their potential and how they could change their lives and society for the better, if only their resources were channelised properly, especially in rooting out corruption.
Mr. Chiranjeevi drew applause from women when he repeated his usual line of how he was being termed as being partial to women. “Yes, I do not mind admitting that the PRP has a special place for women. You will find how focussed we are about development with women as the centre when we come out with our manifesto,” he said.

The Praja Rajyam president travelled through Ramagundam, Manthani, Peddapalli and Karimnagar Assembly constituencies and also visited a coal mine near Godavari Khani.

At a press conference later, party leader Kotagiri Vidyadhar Rao and Core Committee member Dr. P. Vinay Kumar dared Minister Sabita Indra Reddy for a debate on what the Congress Government had done to improve the lot of weavers in Sircilla and what the PRP proposed to do.

They were replying to her criticism that the PR president did not know anything about the weavers’ problems and that there was nothing in the party’s ‘Sircilla Declaration’ that Mr. Chiranjeevi released on Thursday.

Mr. Rao said it was unbecoming of a Minister to stoop to such levels while criticising the president of a political party that was already creating waves.