Government trying to crush me: Chiru

Government trying to crush me: Chiru

NAIDUPET: Afraid of his growing popularity, the State Government was trying to crush him in undemocratic ways, but it could not stop him from surging ahead, said Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) president Chiranjeevi.
As part of his Praja Ankita Sabhas, Chiranjeevi launched his third leg of the programme from Sullurupet in Nellore district. He was received by the district leaders near Tada on the border of Tamil Nadu. He offered prayers at Chengalamma Temple near Sullurupet.
Later, he held a road show in Naidupet as the district police denied him permission to hold a public meeting. However, he went on to address Sabhas at Venkatagiri and Gudur.
In a vitriolic attack on the Government, the film actor said right from the launching of his party from Tirupati, the Government had been creating hurdles at each stage to block him from going to the people. At Tirupati, the Government had tried to deny permission to him to hold public meeting in the guise of environmental problems, he alleged.
When the party launched road shows, the Government tried to stop them, the PRP president claimed. Although the court had given permission to hold road shows, the police imposed stringent restrictions, he stated.
‘’How could one hold road shows without waving hands and speaking? The Government has tied my hands. I have to simply stand like a statue on the vehicle,’’ Chiranjeevi said.
He recalled the attacks of the Congress on his party leaders at Pulivendula and said the brave people of the town made the show a grand one. The day before the road show in Pulivendula, they manhandled the workers and threatened the party’s woman leader, Chiranjeevi alleged.
It is the right of the people to hear their leaders for every five years on the occasion of elections, the PRP president said. By denying the opportunity to go to the people, the Government was violating the democratic principles, he alleged.
Despite the obstacles, with the support of fans and followers, he said he would achieve the goal. The Government was piling up cases on him, but he would not be cowed down by that, Chiranjeevi declared. The actions of the Government were nothing but those of a coward, he said. ‘’What crime had Pawan Kalyan committed? You all have seen how the Chief Minister and the Opposition leaders level charges against each other in the Assembly.
They called each other an animal. What Pawan had said was nothing more than that, he said and felt sorry that for using his right to freedom of expression, the Congress Party leaders attacked his party office.
Rebutting the criticism that he was making money out of selling blood through his blood bank, he said he would never stoop to that level.
The Telugu Desam and the Congress Governments in the past had said his blood was the best, said Chiranjeevi. Chiranjeevi alleged that the establishment of Special Economic Zones (SEZs)in the State had started from Nellore district. In the Apache SEZ, the workers were denied their rights and were being exploited, he pointed out. He recalled his relation with the district and said his mother was born in this area. He stated that the Molakolukulu Rice which was being cultivated in the district, was dear to his heart.
The road show of Chiranjeevi in Naidupeta received tremendous response from the people of the town. They showered flowers on him and followed him till he left the town.

source: expressbuzz