Radha Krishna back to chiru promotion!!!

Has Andhra Jyothy managing director V Radhakrishna once again taken up the task of promoting Praja Rajyam Party president Chiranjeevi in the elections? One would get the doubt after seeing the front page of the daily on Wednesday. Barring a box item against Congress MLC Premsagar who was caught red-handed with Rs 3 crore hard cash by the Income Tax officials, the entire page was dedicated to Chiranjeevi’s road show in Krishna district and his brother Pavan Kalyan’s interview. There is nothing else to read in the front page of the daily. Initially, Radhakrishna was trying promote Chiranjeevi and project himself as a kingmaker, on the lines of Eenadu group chairman Ramoji Rao, who propped up Telugu Desam founder-president N T Rama Rao and later N Chandrababu Naidu. But, with Chiranjeevi keeping Radhakrishna at bay (obviously because of caste equations), he went back to promoting the TDP and attacking YSR. In the last few days, Radhakrishna has been attacking Sujana group’s Y S Chowdary, a close associate of Naidu and giving prominence to Chiranjeevi, though he was also highlighting Jr NTR’s road show. This has given rise to the doubts that Chiranjeevi might have sought Radhakrishna’s help in projecting the PRP and one does not know the details of bargaining between the two. In Eenadu, too, there is no major news on the front page, except an expected analytical report on high command overruling several of Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy’s suggestions in the selection of MP candidates for the elections. Apart from that, there are a couple of photographs of Chiranjeevi’s and Jr NTR’s road shows. Chiranjeevi’s promise of providing LPG at Rs 100 was also highlighted at the top. On the other hand, Sakshi’s banner story is about Indiramma housing scheme coming to a grinding halt due to implementation of model code of conduct and the Opposition parties raising needless controversies. It was a sort of explanation from the government for not completing the houses in time. Apart from IT officials arresting the Congress MLC at the Delhi airport, all the other stories are political press conferences: one by Naidu, defending his relationship with Jr NTR and another by Daggubati Venkateshwara Rao, who explained the pathetic childhood of Jr NTR.