PR faults State on land acquisition
‘Party’s main agenda is social justice’
VISAKHAPATNAM:
Praja Rajyam (PR) leader Nagababu has deplored the acquisition of thousands of acres of fertile lands from farmers in the name of Coastal Corridor and Special Economic Zones (SEZ).
Addressing a media conference on Saturday, he said that the PR was opposed to development at the cost of loss of livelihood to the common people. He also alleged that there were several irregularities in the acquisition of lands by the State government.
Asked to comment on top leaders of various opposition parties keeping away from the Maha Dharna opposing the Coastal Corridor project, he said that Praja Rajyam was prepared to fight against the issue with all political parties as it concerns the common people.
He refused to buy the theory that the top Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) leaders had kept away from the Maha Dharna as the agitation would give more mileage to the PR.
Mr. Nagababu said that top Communist Party of India (CPI) leader K. Narayana had come, but CPI (M) State leader B.V. Raghavulu couldn’t make it, as he was indisposed. Praja Rajyam supremo Chiranjeevi’s Rayalaseema tour was fixed long ago. He said that the PR main agenda was social justice, women empowerment and ‘gram swaraj’.
Replying to a query, he said that Mitra was one of the key persons in the party who was contributing to the growth of the party and would continue to do so. He said there was no truth in the rumours that Dr. Mitra would be quitting the party.
Alliances
He said it was for the party high command to decide on pre-poll alliances and the number of seats to be allotted to BCs in the forthcoming elections. He, however, said that the number of seats to be allocated would be in proportion to their population.
PR leader Ganta Srinivasa Rao said that the State government had already destroyed hills and plains and it has now turned to sea. He demanded scrapping of PCPIR.
PRP office opened
VIJAYAWADA:
The office of the Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) in Vijayawada West Assembly constituency was inaugurated upstairs of Royal Hotel on Babu Rajendra Prasad Road in One Town amidst an all-religion prayer meeting on Saturday.
‘Chiru Yatra’-act 3 begins today
PR president to launch tour of Anantapur and Kadapa at Gorantla
All set: Every street in Anantapur is covered with flex-boards of PR leaders ahead of Chiranjeevi’s tour beginning in the district on Sunday.
ANANTAPUR:
In the third leg of his ‘Praja Ankitha Yatra’, Praja Rajyam party president Chiranjeevi will launch his six-day tour of Anantapur and Kadapa districts at Gorantla in the district on Sunday. He will tour four days and three nights in the district covering eight Assembly constituencies.
Tour managers of the party have been camping in the district for the last five days to make arrangements for the tour. Party observers Bhuma Nagi Reddy and N.V. Prasad have been coordinating with the local leaders of the party and fan clubs of Chiranjeevi to make the dedication tour a success.
According to the tour managers, Chiranjeevi will launch his Rayalaseema tour from Gorantla at 11.30 am on Sunday. Roads shows, street-corner meetings and roadside public meetings would be held along 300 km tour in the district. On the first day, he will cover Chilamattur, Lepakshi, Hindupur, Somandepalli, Penukonda, Ramapuram and Kothacheruvu with the last point being the night halt.
He will conduct road shows and street corner meetings at three circles in Hindupur. On the second day on November 17, Chiranjeevi will cover Dharmavaram, Bathalapalli, SKU, Rapthadu and Anantapur. He will spend about three hours in road show in the district headquarters city and make night halt in the market yard.
On November 18, the tour will pass through Garladinne, Pamidi, Gooty, Rayalacheruvu and Yadiki with the night halt at Tadipatri. Chiranjeevi will spend about two hours in road show at Tadipatri.
He will proceed to Talla Prodduturu in Jammalamadugu constituency in Kadapa district on November 19 morning.
The tour is aimed as a mass-contact exercise and also to attract the fence sitters in other parties into the party fold. Except a few leaders like V. Prabhakara Chowdary, H.B. Narse Gowda and D. Reddapa Reddy the party has failed to attract seasoned politicians. Most of the other entrants into the party were either businessmen or the leaders of fan clubs.
Both Congress and the TDP have their interests in Chiranjeevi’s tour as they are planning to gauge the support for the actor in the region which has been the stronghold only for the two parties so far.
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