Now, it is time for political parties to cheat the voters with fake promises. The manifestos announced by Telugu Desam and Praja Rajyam Party have been the subject of heated debates and discussions in the media since Thursday. Obviously, there is a lot of criticism from all quarters, particularly against TD’s manifesto, which virtually promised moon on the earth.
Sakshi has, in its usual style, has taken a critical view of TD’s manifesto and ridiculed the promises heaped by TD president N Chandrababu Naidu on the voters. It also added masala to the story in the form of criticism from Lok Satta president Jayaprakash Narayan, who accused Naidu of resorting to “Kshudra Rajakeeyam” (Dirty politics) and Finance Minister K Rosaiah, who said Naidu was only cheating the people with the manifesto. On the PRP’s manifesto, Sakshi described it as a sentimental assault on the people, since Chiranjeevi only tried to play with the sentiments of women and the poor.
Eenadu reported the contents of both the manifestos without making any comments, while Andhra Jyothy carried an analytical piece as its banner on how the two parties were compelled to announce sops for the poorer sections, only to counter the Congress party, which has already trapped the people with various schemes, notwithstanding their burden on the State exchequer. Under this report, AJ carried two different stories on TD and PRP manifestos, one is about Colour Vision and the other is about Colourful Dreams, respectively.
There are no other major reports in the three dailies. Sakshi and Andhra Jyothy, however, carried brief reports on the exercise being done in the Congress over selection of candidates. Sakshi, in its anchor story on Telugu Desam party’s first list of candidates, disclosed that Balakrishna would be contesting from Hindupur Assembly seat.
Lok Satta president Jayaprakash Narayana, who has decided to contest from Kukatpally Assembly constituency, is not sure of facing tough competition from the other political parties.
