Friday, August 29, 2008

Ramoji’s pressure on Naidu

TDP supremo and former chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu is under a different type of pressure from a special person. Eenadu group chairman Ch Ramoji Rao has been asking him to join hands with megastar Chiranjeevi so that the duo can form a government after the 2009 elections in the State.

In fact, this pressure has been going on for sometime, ever since Chiranjeevi announced his intentions to join politics last fortnight. As a result of it, Naidu has agreed to meet Chiranjeevi at his residence a couple of days before the latter's Tirupati public meeting.

Expectedly, only "Saakshi" Telugu daily belonging to Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy's son Jaganmohan Reddy carried this story prominently this week.

TDP supporter and film producer Aswini Dutt has taken the initiative of arranging a meeting between the two.

Surprisingly, both Naidu and Chiranjeevi are reluctant to have any tie up with one another, due to different reasons. While Naidu is confident of coming back to power on his own, Chiranjeevi too is equally confident of mustering sufficient number of seats based on his charisma.

But sources close to Chiranjeevi said that ever since the megastar got in touch with Ramoji some time back, the latter has been advising him to go carefully and have a fool proof arrangement.

Ramoji's view is simple: Remove the YSR government from power first and the rest can be sorted out later.

Ramoji, who has been waging an open battle against YSR, has made no secret of his anger against the present Congress government in the State. His belief is that once YSR is dethroned, the Congress will not have a strong leader and will eventually wither away like in Tamil Nadu.

Ramoji has been asking both Naidu and Chiranjeevi to bury the hatchet for a while and form an anti-YSR combine before 2009 elections. If they succeed, later they can fight with each other on a long time basis. According to Ramoji's assessment, sources say, once out of power, YSR will lose his steam and become a small time operator.

Sources close to Naidu said that though TDP chief is not so happy about this line of argument, he is not averse to a post-poll patch up with Chiranjeevi, if that helps in forming a TDP-led Govt.

Presently, Naidu is of the view that TDP at the worst may fall short of 20 to 30 seats for simple majority.

Chenna Krishnaiah a YSR follower??

Kadapa-based Chenna Krishnaiah, who created anxious moments to Chiranjeevi on "Praja Rajyam" party issue, is suspected to be a mole of Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy.

Chenna Krishnaiah, who applied to Election Commission of India for registration of a new political party by name "Praja Rajyam" a couple of weeks ago and announced the launch of the party at Kadapa on August 25, just a day before Chiranjeevi announced the party at Tirupati meeting, finally withdrew his application with the EC authorities, after a lot of negotiations with Chiranjeevi's team. He was offered not only a membership in the Chiranjeevi party, but also a key position in the party executive.

Yet, sources in the Chiru camp suspect that Chenna Krishnaiah could be a Congress mole. According to these sources, the Chief Minister managed to find out Chiru's proposed party names well in advance through his intelligence sources and after discussing with his close colleagues, he got the names registered through three or four different sources. That was the reason why YSR's close confidant Botsa Satyanarayana could disclose Chiru's party name much before the megastar officially declared on the Tirupati meeting dais. "If he is not a YSR's mole, how can Chenna Krishnaiah announce his party name, just a day before the Tirupati meeting?" sources wondered.

However, Chiranjeevi did not expect that Chenna Krishnaiah had already filed papers before EC. That was the reason why he made arrangements to register the name on the same evening before EC. But by the time Chiru's representatives went to EC, the name was already pending registration!

He have hope on only Nandamuri Heroes

With the pressure building up on the political circles, the Telugu Desam Party which is right now in a catch 22 situation when it comes to the forthcoming elections has been building up its ammunition in every way possible and leading from the front is N Chandrababu Naidu who is putting his master mind to test so that he can come up with the best alternative possible.

In this process, he has now resorted to the Nandamuri clan to take the lead and use their film appeal on the people of Andhra Pradesh so that the vote banks are intact. The first name that stands on the list is Nandamuri Balakrishna who has already expressed his willingness to support.

More than Balayya, Naidu seems to be keen on the charm and strength of NTR Jr since he is considered to be a better orator when it comes to public meetings. However, it remains to be seen whether the young tiger would be willing to oblige and if he does, then the combination of Balakrishna with NTR will be a strong force to reckon with for Naidu

Monday, August 11, 2008

People pulse i know very well says chiru!!

Hyderabad, Aug 11 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh politics took a glamorous turn Monday with Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi beginning his much-awaited political journey by inaugurating the office of his party. He will formally launch the party later this month. Chiranjeevi told reporters that he would launch the party “before the end of this month” and would make an announcement “in a couple of days”.

The actor, who had so far confined himself to social service, is launching his party when the state is gearing up for the elections scheduled early next year.

The posh office built in the upmarket Jubilee Hills neighbourhood was inaugurated by the actor in the early hours Monday in the presence of his family members, close aides and two rebel leaders of the ruling Congress party and the main opposition Telugu Desam Party.

Amid chanting of Vedic hymns by priests, the office was opened at 12.50 a.m., as per the ‘mahuratam’ set by astrologers. The family performed special prayers to seek divine blessings. The function was held in secret and the media was not invited.

However, as the word spread about the actor’s arrival, a large number of his fans and media persons gathered outside. Dancing in gay abandon, the actor’s fans raised slogans and expressed their confidence that their hero would be the next chief minister.

The actor’s mother Anjana Devi, wife Surekha, brothers Nagendra Babu and Pavan Kalyan, son Ravicharan Teja, brother-in-law and key adviser Allu Arvind and close aides Mitra and K.S.R. Murthy were present.

Rebel Congress MP Hariram Jogaiah and former minister K. Vidyadhar Rao, who was expelled from the TDP recently, also attended the function. Jogaiah and Rao earned the ire of their leadership by openly supporting Chiranjeevi.

Talking to newsmen, Chiranjeevi defended conducting the function in a secret manner, saying it was done as per Hindu traditions. “Now, nothing will remain secret,” declared the actor, who has been ruling the Telugu film industry for over two decades.

“The party will be launched before the end of this month. We will announce the date, venue, party name in a couple of days,” Chiranjeevi said.

“I know the people’s pulse - they are waiting for me to announce the launch of my party,” said the 53-year-old actor, who enjoys a huge fan following in the state.

He is likely to launch the party at a massive public meeting in the temple town of Tirupati on Aug 22, his birthday. Allu Arvind recently visited Tirupati to choose a venue for the public meeting.

The actor expressed his grief over the devastation caused by heavy rains and flash floods in the state and appealed to his fans to help the victims. “I appeal to my fans to lend a helping hand to those affected by the floods,” he said.

In November last year, one of Chiranjeev’s close aides claimed that he had decided to launch a party. The speculations led to his fans holding meetings in different parts of the state to urge him to make an early announcement.

Chiru, as he is popularly known, came out with a statement few days later, appealing to his fans to remain patient till he makes an announcement. Continuing the suspense, the actor had said in January that he needed more time to take a decision.

However, in the last three months, Chiranjeevi’s brothers and aides held meetings with trade unions, women, IT professionals and other sections of society at different places in the state to prepare the ground for the party’s launch.

People are drawing a parallel with thespian N.T. Rama Rao’s political entry in 1982. He had come to power within nine months of launching the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).

After formally launching the party, Chiranjeevi is likely to undertake a state-wide tour on a special chariot. State assembly elections are due next March.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Mitra gets difference With Konidela Family?

Even before Megastar Chiranjeevi has actually announced his party and will take off with his campaigns and agendas the problems for him seem to have begun and that too right at the crux of his core headquarters. We are talking about a possible rift between Dr Mitra, the think tank and Allu Aravind.

This is according to the new gossip it is said that Allu Aravind is not that interested with the affinity of Dr Mitra with Chiru party and hence the differences are said to be sprouting it seems much before the announcement of party itself.

If such differences arise, what would be the plight of the party in future? And if folks like Dr Mitra move out then it will not be a surprise in saying that Chiru party is more of a family party again without any scope for an outsider or a visionary.

Chiranjeevi vs Astrology

Chiranjeevi is ready to announce his political party in the month of August. But it is not yet 15 days that Srungeri Peetadhipathi gave a caution that no political party that takes genesis in August would prosper. Adding to this the astrologers are sounding warning bells for Chiranjeevi not to enter politics in August.

As August seems to be the inevitable month practically, the astrologers are zeroing in on some remedies like using 'tortoise seats' to perform yagam. The fresh news is that Chiranjeevi will announce party on 23rd of this month, just a day after his birthday. And with that we can say that the magical date 08/08/08 and 08:08:08 has gone with the wind. And still there are doubts that even Aug 23rd will be kicked away to some other date.

And some astrologers are warning that Chiranjeevi enters politics with great bang but cannot sustain in that for longer time as his mental peace will be disturbed miserably.

We have see who wins in vie between Chiranjeevi's sankalpam and Astrology.

Mohan babu and Rajasekhar secret meeting!!!

This could seem as a rather unusual meeting but then the old saying that goes on the lines of enemy's enemy is a friend seems to hold good in this particular case. There is strong news that is making rounds that there have been few rounds of secret meetings between Collection King Mohan Babu and Angry man Rajasekhar. This meet has been done very clandestinely.

Given the fact that both Mohan Babu and Rajasekhar are staunch rivals of Megastar Chiranjeevi and the impending arrival of the huge star in the field of politics has garnered a lot of significance to this secret meet. While the details of this secret meeting and the issues and topics discussed still remain a mystery, there are a few obvious guesses.

Chiru from his end is all set to make his announcement on the 8th of this month and it remains to be seen if this meet between Mohan Babu and Rajasekhar will come up with any outcome and we will soon know the after effects of this meet since the time has come for a real showdown. Good luck to all!!!