Chiru rules out post-poll support for Congress, TD

Chiru rules out post-poll support for Congress, TD
http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/06/stories/2009040655180100.htm

Praja Rajyam president K. Chiranjeevi has ruled out the possibility of supporting either the Congress or the TDP after the elections, saying he does not see any scope for doubts about his party’s performance.

He averred that his party would cross the ‘magic figure’ (half-way mark of 147 Assembly seats) and get the majority required for forming the government in the State. “There is no confusion in the minds of the people. If there is any confusion, it is in the Opposition parties,” he said.
‘No support for BJP’

The Praja Rajyam would also not support the BJP-led alliance at the national level as his party was secular and there was no scope of extending support to a Congress-led alliance, he said while replying to queries at the ‘Meet-The-Press’ programme organised by the Andhra Pradesh Union of Working Journalists here on Sunday. Mr. Chiranjeevi ruled out the possibility of backing the proposed Third Front as the Telugu Desam was a party in it. “I have a gut feeling about the emergence of a fourth front and that will be our alliance,” he said. Denying allegations that the PR leadership had collected huge amounts of money from aspirants to allot party tickets, he blamed the Opposition parties of successfully running a smear campaign against his party.
Opposition weak

Mr. Chiranjeevi said the Opposition was weak and could not effectively highlight the lapses committed by the government. The “mistakes” committed by the TDP during its rule was inhibiting it from raising corruption and related issues. The PR, he asserted, would order an inquiry into the “wealth amassed by Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and take steps to recover the money” rather than sit on the probe reports like the TDP and Congress Governments did.

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TD, Congress united in graft, says Chiru

Chiranjeevi Praja Rajyam party
TD, Congress united in graft, says Chiru
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/neutral/td%2C-congress-united-graft%2C-says-chiru-480
March 21: Praja Rajyam chief Chiranjeevi on Saturday said the Chief Minister, Mr Y.S. Raja-
sekhar Reddy, and the Telugu Desam chief, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, had a “tacit understanding” in corruption.
Addressing a huge gathering at the Praja Vijayabheri to kick off the Praja Rajyam campaign here, Chiranjeevi said the party would order a probe into the “ill-gotten wealth” of Mr Reddy and Mr Naidu after coming to power. He asked for a vote to end corruption.
“Though both these leaders are political rivals and criticise each other, they are good friends as far as corruption is concerned,” Chiranjeevi told cheering crowds at the Parade Grounds. “They act as if they are rivals only to distract the people.”
There was “match-fixing” between the Chief Minister and the Opposition leader in corruption, he said. That is why Dr Reddy had withdrawn a suit against Mr Naidu’s alleged corruption in the High Court.
He said though Dr Reddy had ordered several inquiry commissions into corruption during the Naidu regime, the government did not take any action.
Most of the audience comprised youth. Hundreds of people wore Chiranjeevi masks while others carried placards with the “change” slogan.
Chiranjeevi said the PR would allot more than 100 seats to candidates from the Backward Castes to show its commitment over social justice. “Neither Dr Reddy nor Mr Naidu allotted a single seat to BCs in their native districts in 2004,” he said.
The Congress had nominated 86 candidates from one caste for the ensuing Assembly polls, but had given tickets to only 66 candidates from the BCs.
Chiranjeevi promised free LPG connections for the poor, gas refills at Rs 100 and provisions for Rs 100.
Earlier, Chiranjeevi’s actor-brothers Nagendra Babu and Pavan Kalyan addressed the gathering. Babu compared Chiranjeevi to Mahatma Gandhi and said the PR chief was fully committed for the welfare of the downtrodden.
Taking a dig at Mr Naidu’s poll promise of colour TVs, Pavan Kalyan said, “Who will give the cable connection and power to those TVs? Naidu has promised free power only to agricultural sector. What about power to TVs?”

source: deccan.com

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