Chiranjeevi plays important role for Ravi Teja And Srikanth

Everyone knows that both Ravi Teja and Srikanth are close to Mega Star Chiranjeevi. Both Ravi Teja and Srikanth started facing trouble on the same day. While Ravi Teja’s brothers were arrested red handed in drug scandal, hero Srikanth’s land got occupied by TRS activists and Kaka’s yes-men.

Now who will save these two heroes? It is heard Ravi Teja and Srikanth are planning to meet Chiranjeevi in person seeking help for influencing the government and relieve brothers and land respectively.

In fact Chiru is saying these days that he is becoming very close to Rosiah. Now it is time for him to prove how close he is. Will Chiru try to help his disciples? Even if he tries, will Chiru’s request hold value? Let us wait and see.

Jagan denied Sonia’s Suggestion

Going by Jagan’s open letter to the people, the Congress leaders and cadres were under the impression that Sonia had suggested Jagan to assemble all the families of shock-death victims to one place in every district and extend financial assistance to them. And Jagan, too, explained in the letter that it was meant for consoling the people, not just paying them money. There was some clarity in chief minister K Rosaiah’s statement in July that Sonia wanted the Odarpu Yatra on the lines of a similar programme taken up by the Congress party in Anantapur district in 2002, when the families of suicide victims were brought together and paid financial assistance, but nobody understood it properly.

However, it was only on Thursday that there was more clarity in the form of letter from union minister Purandareshwari, who had a meeting with Sonia Gandhi. Quoting the party president, Purandareshwari said Sonia was not against Odarpu Yatra and unveiling of YSR statues, but she wanted the programme to be organized on behalf of the Congress party and not by an individual. “She suggested that the party should organize meetings in every district, unveil YSR’s statue in the district headquarters and extend financial assistance to the bereaved families. But her suggestion was distorted and she is very upset about it,” Purandareshwari said.

So, it is now clear that Jagan did not completely disclose what Sonia told him. Apparently, he did not want it to be the party show, but his individual show. If the programme is organized by the party, there is nothing for him to do and he cannot get any mileage out of it. Hence, he defied the high command.

Balineni openly supports Jagan

Rosaiah called Minister for Mines and Geology Balineni Srinivasa Reddy and told him not to participate in the Odarpu Yatra of Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy in Prakasam district, scheduled from September 3, as the Congress high command was totally against the yatra. “I have been asked by Ahmed Patel to convey to you that participating in the Odarpu Yatra amounts to defying the high command. It will risk your position in the Cabinet,” Rosaiah told Balineni, in a rather threatening tone.

However, Balineni said he cared two hoots for the threat. “I am not after positions or posts. I don’t care losing by ministerial berth. I told Rosaiah that I will support Jagan and make the Odarpu Yatra a grand success,” he told the media. Interestingly, Balineni remained silent, when the entire Cabinet which met in the evening resolved to abide by the high command’s decision on the Odarpu Yatra.

Prakasam MLA clarifies that Sonia Is Against Yatra

Sonia expressed openly that she aganist yatra. The high command has given clear instructions to the party MLAs from Prakasam district not to attend the Odarpu Yatra of Kadapa MP Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.

The Congress MLA Gottipati Ravi Kumar openly declared to the media in Hyderabad. He said Ahmed Patel told the MLAs categorically that no Congress leader should participate in Jagan’s yatra. He, however, said he would take a decision after discussing with his supporters and people in his constituency on whether he should abide by the high command or defy it to participate in the yatra.

Ravi Kumar said the MLAs tried to prevail upon Jagan to listen to the high command, but the latter did not appear to be relenting. “He is firm on continuing the yatra. But the high command has taken a serious view of it. He is prepared for a showdown with the high command,” the MLA said.