Manifestos which make people beggars

The manifestos announced by TDPand PRP on Thursday make one wonder whether these parties are treating the voters as beggars, making them dependant on the government for every paisa.
Particularly, the Telugu Desam manifesto is horrible. Instead of empowering the people to earn a better livelihood, the TD says, if it comes to power, it would pay Rs 1500 to the poor families and Rs 1,000 to middle class families per month. The amount will be credited to the bank accounts of the people and they don’t even have to go banks to withdraw the amount; the government will give them electronic cash cards to draw the amount from ATMs. What does it mean? The people will become beggars and they don’t even have to beg at the doorstep, but can get the dole directly at their doorstep. What an idea, Babuji?
And Naidu promised colour televisions to all the poor people. What do they do with these TVs when they don’t have anything to make their both ends meet? Most of the poor dwell in huts without power connection. So, what’s the use of TVs for them? Will they be able to have cable connection or Dish facility? Can they afford power charges and monthly cable charges? How can they have entertainment with empty stomach? During his regime, Naidu provided LPG connections to the poor people under Deepam scheme. But the beneficiaries sold them away, as they could not afford to buy LPG cylinders at a high cost? Where is the guarantee that the TV sets do not go back to showrooms?
Coming to PRP’s election manifesto, Chiranjeevi promises 10-hour free power supply to farmers, which is practically impossible given the power availability now. Do farmers really need 10 hour supply? All that they want is quality power for seven hours. Secondly, he announces “Pasupu-Kunkuma” scheme for girls, under which certain amount would be deposited in the name of a girl child, who would be getting Rs 1 lakh at the age of 18 years. This is again a flop scheme, which was already tested. And the scheme to supply all cooking provisions for just Rs 100 would cost a heavy burden on the State exchequer.
First of all, it is doubtful whether the people would believe all these schemes of TD and PRP. The Congress is yet to come out with its manifesto, but indications are that the government would only promise to the people to carry on all the existing schemes till the saturation level is reached. The YSR government was able to convince the people that it was doing some productive job. Whether the people would get attracted to the new manifestos or believe the YSR’s government is what these elections will prove.

More jumpings in East Godavari by KAPU's

Kapu's are more in Godavari districts and it is famous for strongholds of Kapu community.

The biggest loser in this defection politics is the Telugu Desam. In East Godavari, this party has lost two major Kapu leaders in the last 24 hours – former Minister Metla Satyanarayana, who has been very senior in the party, resigned from TD and joined Praja Rajyam Party.

Secondly, another Kapu strongman in the district Mudragada Padmanabham, who has been waging a relentless battle for inclusion of Kapus in the BC list, also quit the TD, but preferred the Congress party.

While Metla’s decision is not surprising because his Amalapuram constituency has disappeared in the delimitation and there is no other place from where he can be fielded. So, he thought he would get a better chance in PRP, which has grown very strong in the district. But the surprising development is that of Mudragada, who was expected to join the PRP, but YSR has lured him into the Congress, because it is the only way to curtail the PRP impact in East Godavari district.

Interestingly, Congress also lost a Kapu leader, Jakkampudi Srinivasa Rao, brother of Minister Jakkampudi Rammohan Rao. This gentleman has joined the PRP.

CM in Dilema

In selecting candidates for next election ..i.e is his exercise of candidates’ selection commencing, Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy is learnt to be have developed second thoughts over dropping of sitting MLAs for the coming elections.

According to original plan, YSR was expected to deny tickets to at least 80 sitting MLAs and replace them with new faces. He put forth the same proposal before the Congress high command. Now, he is learnt to have changed his mind. Reason: Most of the MLAs, who suspected that they would not get tickets this time, approached PCC president D Srinivas and through him approached the high command. Huge amounts changed hands in this process and the high command, too, would not deny the PCC president’s recommendations.

Secondly, political equations have been rapidly changing in the State and those who do not get tickets can easily jump into the Telugu Desam or Praja Rajyam Party. And it is not sure whether the fresh faces fielded from their places would be able to face the elections boldly.

So, there might not be many droppings of sitting MLAs, except in a few places, sources say.

Roja says "I know how to bend Chiru"

Roja don't likes to put an end to end war of words with Praja Rajyam Party leaders.

Roja has not only refused to apologies to Chiranjeevi for her ugly comments against him and his brother Pavan Kalyan; but does not even want to regret for the controversy. On the other hand, she says she would not relent till Chiranjeevi himself apologies to her for instigating PRP Mahila wing chief Sobha Rani.

“I have no enmity with Sobha, since I know pretty well that it was all a game plan of Chiranjeevi to gain petty political mileage. If he doesn’t apologise, I know how to make him bend,” Roja said, in a much aggressive tone.

At end of collapse !!!

The proposed ‘grand meeting’ (maha garjana), planned to be held on March 9 at Parade Grounds in Secunderabad by the Grand Allaince has been cancelled.

While some party leaders say the meeting has been cancelled because of insufficient time to organize the meeting on a grand scale. But some insiders say that the Grand Alliance partners are not sure of being able to mobilize masses, for they think the mass base is no more with the Grand Alliance partners.

It is not true to say the meeting has been cancelled because of insufficient time. The left parties’, which are known for their skills in mobilizing masses, need no more than a couple of days to do the job and TDP, TRS are no less experts in mobilizing people just like Congress, by paying money for the participants, sources said.

Then what makes them cancel the meeting at a time when they are supposed to show their strength. Is it because there are serious differences between the partners of Grand Alliance over seat sharing?

Whatever the reason, but canceling the meeting has only sent wrong signals to the people about the unity of the Grand Alliance.

"Jai Ho" Song for Congress towards election 2009

Congress got the exclusive rights of the film’s number, “Jai Ho” for the summer campaign. According to sources, the party has secured the rights of both the lyrics and the tune of the hit number for use in its campaign for the general election. Sensing interest shown by its rivals in the film’s title song, Congress moved fast to clinch the deal. The Oscar won by music director A R Rahman and lyricist Gulzar for the song gave “Jai Ho” unprecedented popularity. What perhaps made the Congress managers curious about the number was its ability to break the language barrier. “It appeals to everybody irrespective of the region and language group,” remarked a party functionary.

Will congress regain power with this Oscar Song!!!!

PRP President's Fight towards Symbol

PRP president Chiranjeevi is definitely upset with Election Commission’s decision not to grant a common election symbol for the party, but he is trying to put up a brave front.

On Tuesday, Chiranjeevi held discussions with PRP’s legal cell leaders and also met Election Watch observer K J Rao to find a way out of the crisis. He said he would move the High Court again and also explore all possible ways to get a common symbol. “We will fight till the end to get justice. Otherwise, we have to think of an alternative,” he said.

Thought the option of fighting the elections under the banner of Nationalist Congress Party is still available, Chiru thinks it is better to exhaust all options before taking it up. Well, one option is available. Grease the palms of powers-that-be in the Election Commission and get the work done!