Praja Vijayabheri: PRP poll campaign begins with a bang

A Mammoth ‘Praja Vijaya Bheri’ rally at the Parade Grounds, Hyderanad on 21 March 2009

If all of you breathe out once, they (Congress & Mahakutami) will be swept off in a torrent- Chiranjeevi

Prajarajyam president Chiranjeevi thundering at a huge public meeting here
that the PRP wave will sweep away the Congress and the opposition Grand Alliance of the TDP, TRS and Left parties.

“They should come and see this gathering. If all of you breathe out once, they will be swept off in a torrent. Heeding my call in just 4-5 days, you have turned up in massive numbers here. Can’t the other parties see and hear this,” the PRP chief said at a massive Praja Vijayabheri that marked the launch of PRP’s election campaign at the Parade Grounds here on Saturday evening.

During his one-hour speech, Chiranjeevi reacted to the Congress announcing its list of candidates for the Lok Sabha and assembly by saying that only the PRP can ensure social justice. “After us, all the other parties are speaking of social justice. Then how come the Congress has so few BCs as its candidates? In chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy’s native Kadapa district, could they not find a single BC candidate from there?,” he asked and said the same will be the situation with the Grand Alliance.

Holding placards that said ‘Change,’ the crowd listened to his speech and applauded as he acknowledged his gratitude to them. “When I entered the film industry, I had to brave insults and humiliations. I was first recognised by you and then only by the film industry. Today, I have your love, affection and support. This is what will drive me,” he said.

Telugu Desam MLA Kothapalli Subbarayudu joined the PRP on the occasion of Praja Vijayabheri

A host of leaders belonging to the PRP, including former minister T Devender Goud spoke at the meeting where Chiranjeevi announced some sops to the BCs and Muslim minorities. He promised that if his party was voted to power it would grant Rs 5,000 crore to the BC Welfare Corporation to help the BCs get loans from the banks. The government would give 25 percent subsidy on loans. He promised Rs 1,000 cr to the Minority Welfare Corporation take up various welfare programmes for the Muslims.

Chiranjeevi alleges Naidu-YSR ‘match-fixing’
Alleging ‘match-fixing’ between Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and Opposition Leader N. Chandrababu Naidu, Praja Rajyam president K. Chiranjeevi on Saturday said they were only hoodwinking people to keep power between themselves.

Chiru said that the two leaders who were criticising each other all day, became good friends by night. “And the only thing they have in common was ‘corruption’, although of different magnitudes. After all, they are from the same school [Congress],” he said

‘Rain God is with PR’
Varuna, the rain God, has changed party loyalties and joined PR, according to mega star Chiranjeevi. As the cloudy weather accompanied by occasional drizzle cheered the huge gathering at the Parade Grounds during its ‘Praja Vijaya Bheri’, the PR president recalled that similar conditions prevailed at Tirupati and Rajahmundry.