PR enrols students as voters

The Praja Rajyam (PR) will concentrate on enrolling college students as voters. The PR leader, Mr B. Ra-vindra Kumar, told newsmen here on Monday that nearly 34 lakh students did not have the right to vote in the state. In East Godavari alone the number was nearly three lakh, he added.

In an attempt to help students get enrolled as voters, the PR founder Chiranjeevi had set up a graduate society to help students get registered. He said that 17,500 members had joined this society whose only responsibility was to enrol students as voters.

The PR leader said that they had set a target of enrolling one lakh students as voters in East Godavari by the end of December. Mr Ravindra Kumar said that the issue was taken to the notice of the chief electoral officer in the state and added that they had submitted a representation to election authorities to extend the enrolment schedule as well as registration of students as voters, based on the confirmation issued by the college principal, instead of insisting on residential proof.

He said that the election authorities had responded positively to the proposals. He said that the PR is going to enrol 1.90 lakh aged and 2.85 lakh beggars as voters in the state.

Saviour of sorts: Praja Rajyam chief Chiranjeevi at the ‘saha pankthi bhojanam’ on the occasion of Ambedkar Vardhanthi at a village in Medak district. –

Singannagudem (Medak district): Praja Rajyam president Chiranjeevi has said that he would be different from others in achieving social justice for the oppressed classes. Addressing a gathering before participating in the community lunch arranged with the villagers on Saturday, he said, “the community lunch organised here is the beginning of our long journey towards achieving the goal of social justice. Even a thousand miles journey begins with a single step and this was one such step.

”‘Different’ leader

Assuring that he was a far cry from the existing politicians, he said, “if I behave like other political party leaders, there will be no difference between me and them. I want to be different. I want to achieve social justice for the Dalits by following the path shown by Ambedkar,” he said amidst applause.

Referring to the conditions being faced by Dalits in villages even today when they are forced to clean the glasses in which they had tea, Mr. Chiranjeevi asked: “In what type of society are we residing. Is this the hi-tech development that we have been claiming?”
He urged the people to extend support for him to put his words into action.

Iron curtain

For the first time, probably, after Chiranjeevi started moving in public as a political leader, firm iron curtains were put up for the community lunch programme, which was arranged behind the public meeting area. Very limited and selected people were allowed inside. Septuagenarians Ramavva and Lachavva sat on either side of Chiranjeevi and had their lunch. The purpose of the programme was ‘to send a strong message to people that the PR was really committed to uplift of Dalits.

Pawan Kalyan to Head PRP Yuva Rajyam

Power star Pawan Kalyan, brother of Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) founder Chiranjeevi, is all set to head the youth wing of the party. According to sources, the youth wing of the PRP is likely to be named as Yuva Rajyam.

A decision to this effect had been made and a formal announcement was expected to be made on Sunday, the sources said.

Pawan Kalyan was selected for the youth wing presidentship as he had enormous populari t y among the youth, the sources added. ``He is an icon of the youth,’’ said a senior PRP leader, adding that Pawan’s role in the recent film `Jalsa’ had brought him an image akin to a Left wing thinker.

Chiru Opens New Party Office

Chiranjeevi inaugurated new office building at Road No. 5, Jubilee Hills, on Sunday, this will serve as the main office.

The Praja Rajyam Party on Sunday became the first political outfit to have two swank,corporate-styled offices within two months of its formation, with president Chiranjeevi throwing open about 30,000 sft across three floors in a building on Road. No.5, Jubilee Hills near Annapurna Seven Acres.

While expressing his apologies if people felt insulted in the past two months due to constraints of space, the megastar promised that people would now have better space to work out of and meet, interact with him too.

Interestingly, soon after he inaugurated the new office, he told party managers that instead of covering Nalgonda and Khammam districts as originally planned in phase two of his Praja Ankitha Yatra, he would now tour Warangal and Karimnagar.

As soon as he said that, Core Committee member and ex- IPS officer C. Anjaneya Reddy and his team started chalking out a fresh schedule spanning five days but to be completed before Diwali.

The present facility on Road No. 46, will hereafter serve the purpose for which it was initially constructed for, as the PR chief’s secretariat, where Chiranjeevi will interact with members of the core committee and select leaders.

Chiru is no hero for former heroines

Hyderabad, Sept. 22: Many heroines who ran around trees and sang lovey-dovey duets with Chiranjeevi in reel life are spurning him in the political arena. On screen, their eyelashes fluttered with adoration on seeing the hero, but now many of them talk as if they can’t bear the sight of him. Roja, the president of Telugu Mahila, the women’s wing of the Telugu Desam, was Chiranjeevi’s heroine in many films. Some of the films, including Mutha Mestri, were blockbusters.

But now Roja has no good words for her former hero. In fact, she lashes out at him every day. "His role is nil when it comes to helping the needy in times of natural disasters in the state," says Roja. Vijayashanti, who has acted in the most number of films with Chiranjeevi and was considered to be the heroine who most suited him, is also a bitter critic of the star.

Both of them are in the opposite poles of the political spectrum and fans are sad to see them snipe at each other. But there are chances of the lucky pair getting together again. Vijayashanti is planning to merge her political outfit with the Telangana Rastra Samiti. And if the TRS joins hands with the Praja Rajyam, then fans will see Chiranjeevi and Vijayashanti together in a campaign van.

Popular heroine Nagma, who acted with Chiranjeevi in many films, is now in the Congress. Chances are that she will be campaigning against Chiranjeevi. Similarly, Jaya Sudha, who donned some good roles with Chiranjeevi is all set to join the Congress to spearhead the attack against her screen hero. However, the megastar may find some relief in another former heroine Jaya Prada, whose Samajwadi Party is trying for an alliance with Praja Rajyam.

But if the SP sticks on to its alliance with the Congress and Chiranveevi goes against the latter, then even Jayaprada may have to lash out at the actor. The only exception would be actress Suhasini who is likely to join Praja Rajyam.

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