After running into trouble with the Election Commission, Telugu mega star Chiranjeevi's party has more problems to contend with, this time with its name Praja Rajyam
The leaders of different parties and movements for Telangana, Bundelkhand, Vidharbha and other smaller states met in Hyderabad on Thursday and decided to develop the federation in to a strong lobby to pressurize the central government to accede to their demands.
"The family has made a representation to our officers that women were not allowed to wear 'purdah' and their religious sentiments were hurt by this," Hyderabad Police Commissioner B Prasad Rao told rediff.com when asked about the complaints of Moulana Naseeruddin's wife Tasneem Fatima that about 50 policemen in plainclothes had barged in to her home when no male member.
The wait was long, but worth it. The megastar and the annaya (brother) of Andhra Pradesh arrived at the Avilala Cheruvu in Tirupati at 5.30 pm amidst cheers and screams from all his fans who were waiting since morning. Chiranjeevi, sporting a white shirt, walked up to the grandly-decked dais, waving at fans who could not stop screaming the moment they laid their eyes on the star.
Addressing the gathering of actors, directors, producers and other members of tinsel town in Hyderabad on Saturday evening, Chirnjeevi said quitting the film industry to enter public life was not an easy decision. "The thought that I will not be donning the greasepaint again has saddened, even scared me," said Chiranjeevi.
Chiranjeevi came across K Balakrishna Naidu at his office while interacting with his fans. Other fans drew his attention to Balakrishna, who had been patiently waiting for him for some hours.In a spontaneous move, Chiranjeevi took the physically challenged youth inside the office and sat with him on a sofa to talk to him. As the visitor had difficulty and had to repeat himself several times to make himself audible, the actor leaned closer to him.
Even as his telephonic conversation with the senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani has already triggered speculations of whether he was seeking an alliance, Chiranjeevi has caused surprise all round by saying he was soon to going to make a 'courtesy call' on the Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and the Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu.
Just a day after the star held his maiden press conference to say he was coming into public life to serve the people, a member of Parliament of Congress, two senior leaders of the Telugu Desam Party and several other prominent figures announced their decision to join his party.
Ending a year-long speculation, Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi on Sunday announced his entry into politics and said pro-poor policies and social justice will be his party's main agenda.The name, party flag and agenda of the new party will be unveiled at the first public meeting of the party, which will be held at the temple town of Tirupati on August 26.While asserting that there was a political vacuum in the state, he, however, said he has no rivals.
Putting months of speculations and wait to an end, Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi will finally make his political debut on Sunday afternoon. At 02:30 pm, the popular actor of Telugu movies, surrounded by his security guards, will appear before the media to unveil his much-awaited political plans.
Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu launched his campaign for the next elections with a slew of populist promises offering goodies to different sections. Addressing a huge public meeting, marking the conclusion of his 117-day-long Mee Kosam Yatra (For You Yatra) at Anantapur on Friday evening, Naidu promised 13-hour-free electricity supply to farmers, against the supply of seven hours now.
His camp has already announced that Chiranjeevi will announce his party's name in a media conference on August 17. "The date has been fixed in consultations with the astrologers. They have asked him not to do it before the lunar eclipse as it will be a bad omen," sources said.
An email threatening large scale bomb blasts at several important places in Hyderabad on Independence Day on Friday has created a major flutter in the city police and has forced the administration to put the police force on a high alert. The email, proclaiming to be from the terrorist organisation Al Qaeda, threatened the bomb blasts at important government offices and public places including the Imax Theater on the lines of last year's twin blasts.
Telugu super star Chiranjeevi will make the formal announcement of his party's launch on August 17 unveiling the name, flag and the agenda of the party. It will be followed by his maiden public meeting on August 26 at Tirupati.
Putting months of speculations to an end, Telugu super star Chiranjeevi finally took the first step towards launching his own political party by inaugurating his party's office in the posh Jubilee Hills area of Hyderabad. But both the timing and the manner of inauguration were unusual. In accordance with the mahurtam set by the pundits and astrologers, the star formally inaugurated the new office at 12.20 am. The media was kept away from the ceremony.
About 40 people went missing on Sunday after a lorry carrying about 50 people was washed away in flash floods in a rivulet in Guntur district as it was drying negotiate the flood waters over a bridge. The tragedy occurred when the toll in the continuing heavy rains and flood over the last two days has mounted to 59 -- 14 of them in the state capital Hyderabad and 13 in Krishna district.
A cloud burst over Hyderabad, resulting in 13 cm of rain in a matter of five hours, has claimed 10 lives as houses collapsed in different parts of the metropolis and normal life was affected. More than a dozen people were injured and admitted to Osmania General hospital and other hospitals.
The popular Telugu film actor Chiranjeevi, who is going to launch his political party within the next two weeks, will perform a two-day yagya at Kamakshi temple at the holy city of Kanchi in Tamil Nadu on August 21 and 22 before taking a formal plunge.
Telugu actor Chiranjeevi, who is all set to make his political debut within the next couple of weeks, is planning to throw a party for his colleagues from the Telugu film industry on Sunday, where he will reveal his political plans.The event will be a sort of farewell party for Chiranjeevi, whose acting career may take a backseat once he enters politics.Every prominent actor, actress and film personality from the industry has been invited to the party.
Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi will take one more step forward towards realization of his political dream when he will formally open the newly built office building of his proposed political party in the posh Jubilee Hills area of Hyderabad on next Sunday.
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