Balaiah poor show in Chitoor!!!

Tirupati: Filmstar Balakrishna’s supporters blamed the scorching sun while TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu held the district unit responsible for the not so good turnout at the former’s roadshows.

Locals say Balaiah is not Jr NTR. Whatever the reasons, Balaiah’s roadshows in Naidu’s home district of Chittoor have come a cropper with a poor turnout at the various places since Monday.

Naidu is said to have monitored Balaiah’s roadshows on a minute-tominute basis and reportedly took to task the district leaders for failing to mobilize crowds in Satyavedu, Nagari, Puttur, Chandragiri and Piler constituencies.

What is worrying for Naidu is that some survey reports do not paint a rosy picture for the TDP in Chittoor district. However, Balaiah supporters as well as some local leaders are putting the blame on the scorching heat, almost touching 45 degrees Celsius in many parts of the district. “The response to Balaiah was very good till a few days ago. It has not been that good only because of the high temperature,” said one loyalist.

Praja Rajyam loses hope in Telangana

With polling just 15 days away, the Praja Rajyam leadership has decided to focus on Andhra and Rayalseema regions as it is losing hopes on the Telangana region where it has no organisational base.

The ongoing tour of the PR chief, Mr Chiranjeevi, in Godavari districts strengthens this view as he would continue to tour these districts till April 3, says a source.

Interestingly, Chiranjeevi’s actor brother and Yuva Rajyam president, Mr Pavan Kalyan, is taking up a three-day tour in Vizianagaram, Srikakulam and Visakhapatnam districts. Mr Pavan, who is also looking after Telangana affairs cancelled his tour in Mahbubnagar district to campaign in north Andhra. Party sources said the leadership feels that focusing on regions where the party has a clout is better than concentrating on the entire state, “We enjoy considerable sway in Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. So we will focus our attention in these regions to win maximum seats,” said a senior leader on condition of anonymity. Right from the inception of the party, the PR has failed to evoke a good response in Telangana despite its categorical support to separate statehood for Telangana.

KCR has no different from prostitute

Telangana Rashtra Samithi president K Chandrasekhara Rao is no different from a prostitute, says his former colleague Mandadi Satyanarayana Reddy.

According to him, if a prostitute sells her own body, KCR was selling the TRS party itself for the sake of money. The Telangana issue had taken a backseat and money making had become a paramount. “At least prostitute like Madhuravani in the Telugu drama Kanyasulkam have some self-respect. But KCR doesn’t even have that. He mortgaged Telangana Talli with Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu,” he alleged.

Well said, Mandadi. But did you forget that you, too, had paid lakhs of rupees to KCR to buy ticket in 2004. Were you not a prostitute then, sir?

Is this True relationship!!!

A new relationship seems to be blossoming between TRS head KCR and lady Amitabh Vijayashanti. But this is said to be raising few eyebrows across the political circles for good reasons. Apparently, there were many instances when KCR had performed poojas and other events with his wife by his side especially in Telanagana Bhavan.

But now, this place seems to have been taken by Vijayashanti as it is being noted that such events are having her presence. This is said to be giving negative signal to voters and watching them sitting side by side, the Telangana people are said to be disappointed.

They are not happy about KCR and are saying that this is giving a wrong projection society wise and even politically it is not looking impressive. KCR is known for his stubborn attitude but if his own people feel otherwise, then it is time he should consider changing the seating positions. The TV Channels have been showing both of them performing poojas together. In fact, no brother and sister will perform pooja sitting side by side and following the mantras of pujari. Only wife and husband does that, say scholars.

Naidu backstabs Kootami partners!

Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu, at last, managed to keep the flock in Mahakootami together. Using all his wily tactics, he forced the alliance partners to agree for the number of seats he had allocated for the TRS, CPI and CPI-M. The partners got panicky, when the TD candidates filed their nominations in most of the constituencies allotted to the alliance partners with official B-forms. As a result, they came down to their knees and agreed for the seats allotted to them. And Naidu told them that no B forms were given to anyone, and even if they were given to some, they would be withdrawn.

So, the TDP would be contesting in 221 assembly and 29 Lok Sabha seats; TRS in 45-09 seats, CPI and CPI-M in 14-09 seats each. Sakshi daily, supporting the Congress party, was hoping that the Mahakootami would crumble and split; but it did not happen. So, it attacked Chandrababu Naidu directly, saying he had backstabbed even his friends by asking his party leaders to file nominations in the alliance seats, thereby blackmailing them. It said Naidu’s “jadoo” (Magic) made the alliance partners succumb.

On the other hand, Andhra Jyothy and Eenadu gave positive stories, saying that the Mahakootami finally materialised with alliance coming to an understanding on seat sharing. Eenadu also gave how rebels are troubling all political parties by filing their nominations as independents. Maximum number of rebels in TDP and PRP filed their papers on the last day of nominations in the first phase. While Andhra Jyothy gave a lot of prominence to Chiranjeevi’s road show in East Godavari in which he attacked the Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, Sakshi carried the road show of YSR at Maheshwaram, in which he came down heavily on Mahakootami, where parties are fighting for selling of tickets.

The allotment of symbols to PRP and Lok Satta by the EC is the only other interesting news in the dailies on Tuesday.

Balakrishna will not contest ???

Actor and Telugu Desam star campaigner Balakrishna has decided not to contest the polls this time.

Party sources said Balakrishna had informed Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu about his decision a few days ago.

Earlier, considering Balakrishna’s attachment with the Rayalaseema region, Mr Naidu had planned to field him as a candidate either from Hindupur or Kurnool Lok Sabha segments. Sources said there was overwhelming support for Balakrishna from both these places.

The Hindupur Telugu Desam sitting MLA, Mr P. Ranganaayakulu, even offered his seat and announced he will stay away from polls. But ultimately Balakrishna decided to stay away from contesting this polls.

Now, the TD chief, Mr Chandrababu Naidu, has tentatively decided to allot the Kurnool LS seat either to Mr B.T. Naidu who belongs to the backward Boya Valmiki caste or Mr Nimmala Kishtappa, ex-minister.

Meanwhile, Md. Gani will replace Mr Ranganayakulu in Hindupur Assembly segment. The chances of Mr Ranganayakulu getting a ticket appears remote with the decision to field Md Gani.

TD releases 6th list

The Telugu Desam released its sixth list of 17 Assembly and one Lok Sabha candidates late Monday night.

Assembly seats
Gopalapuram SC: Jonnakuti Vanitha; Nuzvidu: Ch Ramakotaiah; Tenali: Alapati Rajendraprasad; Guntur West: Chukkapalli Ramesh; Macherla: Chalma Reddy; Ongole: Edara Hari Babu; Kondapi SC: Kalyani; Giddalur: Ch Linga Reddy; Gudur SC: Balli Durga Prasad; Venkatgiri: Korukonda Ramakrishna; Rajampet: Madan Mohan Reddy; Kadapa: Kandula Sivananda Reddy; Kamalapuram: P. Narasimha Reddy; Kodamur SC: Mani Gandhi; Hindupur: P. Abdul Ghani; Madanapalle: Sagar Reddy Gandhara; Nellore SC: Gandhi

LS seat
Kurnool: B.T. Naidu

Krishnam Raju denied PRP ticket?

Hyderabad, March 30 (IANS) Film producer and Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) general secretary Allu Aravind Monday filed his nomination for Ankapalli Lok Sabha constituency in coastal Andhra Pradesh.

Keeping everybody guessing till the last minute, Allu Aravind reached Visakhapatnam from Hyderabad to file his papers on the last day of filing of nominations.

His name was included in the fourth list of candidates released Monday. There was suspense as to which constituency he will contest from. Some party leaders had hinted that he might contest from Visakhapatnam.

Allu Aravind is brother-in-law of actor-turned-politician and Praja Rajyam president Chiranjeevi. He is considered to be the brain behind Chiranjeevi’s plunge into politics.

Allu Aravind is the only close relative of Chiranjeevi who will be contesting the next month’s elections. The actor’s brothers, actors Pavan Kalyan and Naga Babu are not contesting, while Chiranjeevi will be contesting from Tirupati assembly constituency.

Meanwhile, the party has denied a ticket to veteran actor and former union minister Krishnam Raju, who was expected to be fielded from Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency.

Raju had quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to join Chiranjeevi’s party last month and party sources had hinted that he might get the ticket from Visakhapatnam or Narsapuram.

PRP has fielded Srinivas Yadav from Visakhapatnam. The other Lok Sabha candidates in the fourth list are Kasani Gyaneswar (Chevella) and Balraj Goud (Mahabubnagar). Both Gyaneswar and Goud are leaders of Mana Party, which has entered into seat sharing agreement with PRP.