TIRUPATI: Voters had to rub their eyes for clarity while watching the electronic voting machine (EVM) as there were two Chiranjeevis and two Karunakar Reddys in fray for the Tirupati Assembly seat. While the name of the Praja Rajyam president and party candidate K. Chiranjeevi figured seventh in the list against the ‘rail engine’ symbol, [...]
The candidates, whose fate is sealed in the EVMs are now getting into the relax mood, as the second and final phase of polling was over by Thursday evening. The candidates, who have been on hectic campaign for over the past fortnight, are tired of the laborious job coupled with the mercury heat. Some of [...]
HYDERABAD: The Praja Rajyam Party claimed that the constituencies going to the polls tomorrow were their bastions and it would win a majority of the seats. While Rayalaseema would be a cakewalk, the south coastal districts from East Godavari to Nellore were also highly favourable to the party, it maintained. Speaking to the media here [...]
With polling for the 13th Assembly in the State getting over today, the Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) is hoping to become a king-maker in governmentformation. It expects to win at least 105 seats across the State and hopes that there will be a hung Assembly. Under such circumstances, the PRP would become the kingmaker and [...]
PRP President Chiranjeevi in an interview given to a news channel, when asked whether he is going to play the role of King or King Maker after the election results declared, he replied with confident voice that, ‘As long as people are with me I can enjoy the King- position, and prefer to work for [...]
The last hours of yesterday polling at Tirupati, where Mega Star locked in a sharp tussle with the former TTD chairman Karunakar Reddy, finished with thrilling car chases. Congress candidate Karunakar Reddy came to a conclusion about his defeat at the very beginning, when PRP President Chiranjeevi announced Tirupati as his choice. He very well [...]
Amid a strong line-up of three chief minister hopefuls and two Union ministers, the surprise package in Andhra’s electoral battlefield is actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi. Chiranjeevi, in the fray from Palacole in West Godavari district and Tirupati in Chittoor district, has emerged as one of the contenders for the state crown alongside the Congress’ YS Rajasekhar Reddy [...]
Megastar Chiranjeevi has been going through a bumpy ride ever since he joined politics. He had the closest taste of it with the Parakala controversy and the latest incident at the hotel in Tirupati was a wake up call. However, all this seems to have worked in his favor during the polling. It is heard [...]
The Praja Rajyam chief Chiranjeevi, who braved the summer sun to sweat it out in the campaign trail, is planning to take a trip to the United States to get away from it all. “The megastar, who has been on a whirlwind tour of the state to ensure his fledgling party’s victory in the polls, [...]
Telugu actor Chiranjeevi’s Praja Rajyam Party— launched only a few months before the elections were announced— may well go on to decide who will form the next government in AndhraPradesh. The turnout was a high 68% in the second and final phase of elections held in 20 Lok Sabha and 140 assembly seats, following up [...]
