Pawan will campaign for GHMC elections : says Chiru

There were rumors in the industry that Pawan Kalyan is keeping himself away from PRP after the poor performance and there was also talk that Pawan may resign for PRP Yuvarajyam chief.
But putting an end to all these rumors, Megastar makes a statement regarding Pawan Kalyan

Megastar says ' Pawan is very much PRP Yuvarajyam Chief and he would campaign for PRP in the coming GHMC Elections'

The Praja Rajyam on Thursday announced the constitution of a District Programmes State Coordination Committee with senior leaders P. Upendra, T. Devender Goud and C. Ramachandraiah as members.

At a press conference, Mr. Goud said the apex body of the party would interact with district in-charges and observers.


Convener

Also, in what is the first step, keeping the impending elections to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in mind, the party named Kattela Srinivas Yadav as convener of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation unit of the party.

Mr. Yadav is currently joint convenor of the party, he was also an aspirant for the Sanathnagar Assembly ticket.

The zonal convenors have been asked to come up with 10 names of leaders to be taken on board, as members of the zonal committees before July 10, while the 5-member division committees for the 150 divisions in the GHMC will be finalised by July 18. After final scrutiny, Mr. Chiranjeevi will finalise the GHMC committee by July 20, he said. Drawing inputs from them, the three-member committee would compile lists of leaders to take the party forward in its endeavour to strengthen its infrastructure down to the mandal-level.

The list would then be forwarded to the party president, after which fresh district committees were expected to be constituted.

Mr. Ramachandraiah said five zonal convenors too were named. They are: Mekala Sarangapani (North), Md. Feroz Khan (South), Sama Ranga Reddy (East), Govind Ashok (Central) and Madaram Narsinga Rao (West). Each zone will have five-member committees, including the convener.

Chiru-working hard for GHMC Elections.

The Praja Rajyam on Thursday announced the constitution of a District Programmes State Coordination Committee with senior leaders P. Upendra, T. Devender Goud and C. Ramachandraiah as members.

At a press conference, Mr. Goud said the apex body of the party would interact with district in-charges and observers.

Convener
Also, in what is the first step, keeping the impending elections to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in mind, the party named Kattela Srinivas Yadav as convener of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation unit of the party.

Mr. Yadav is currently joint convenor of the party, he was also an aspirant for the Sanathnagar Assembly ticket.

The zonal convenors have been asked to come up with 10 names of leaders to be taken on board, as members of the zonal committees before July 10, while the 5-member division committees for the 150 divisions in the GHMC will be finalised by July 18. After final scrutiny, Mr. Chiranjeevi will finalise the GHMC committee by July 20, he said. Drawing inputs from them, the three-member committee would compile lists of leaders to take the party forward in its endeavour to strengthen its infrastructure down to the mandal-level.

The list would then be forwarded to the party president, after which fresh district committees were expected to be constituted.

Mr. Ramachandraiah said five zonal convenors too were named. They are: Mekala Sarangapani (North), Md. Feroz Khan (South), Sama Ranga Reddy (East), Govind Ashok (Central) and Madaram Narsinga Rao (West). Each zone will have five-member committees, including the convener.

PR dharna: Chiranjeevi arrested

Chiranjeevi squats on the road, bringing the traffic to a grinding halt

Common man unable to have even one square meal a day, he laments

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— Photo: P.V. Sivakumar

Drawing attention: PR president Chiranjeevi staging a ‘dharna’ protesting rise in the prices of essential commodities in front of the Chief Rationing Office, in Secunderabad on Thursday.

HYDERABAD: Praja Rajyam president K. Chiranjeevi and over a dozen senior leaders of the party were among the hundreds arrested here on Thursday as they staged a dharna against the skyrocketing prices of essential commodities and obstructed traffic for over an hour on the busy Sardar Patel road.

From around 10 a.m., traffic on the road before the office of the Chief Rationing Officer was reduced to a crawl as Praja Rajyam leaders and cadres drove in their vehicles, occupying road space.

By the time Mr. Chiranjeevi came there, the stretch was already jammed.

Raise slogans

The party president squatted on the road, while the leaders and cadres shouted slogans denouncing an ‘uncaring government’.

Pre-occupied

Speaking to the media, he regretted that a government could be so pre-occupied with the GHMC elections and other political interests when the common man was unable even to have one square meal a day due to the ever-increasing prices.

“When red gram almost touches Rs. 100 a kilo, who can hope to get the required protein. And it’s sad that while the Chief Minister speaks of Rs. 2 a kilo rice, the fine variety is being sold at Rs. 40 a kilo,” he said.

Mr. Chiranjeevi and some others were arrested and taken to the Gandhi Nagar police station.

Released

Among others picked up by the police were T. Devender Goud, C. Ramachandraiah, Kala Venkat Rao and Dasoju Sravan Kumar. They were let off after a while on personal surety.

PR leader injured

In the melee around the time the people started arresting party leaders, Praja Rajyam Greater Hyderabad convenor Kattela Srinivas Yadav was pushed to the ground and in the tussle, he developed chest pain and was rushed to a nearby hospital.

Source : The Hindu.