Hyderabad: 'Megastar' Chiranjeevi is likely get elevated soon " from a member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly to the Rajya Sabha. His candidature is almost certain for one of the four seats that the ruling Congress can win in the biennial elections to the Upper House of Parliament from the state, slated for March 30.
The Congress, as part of his Praja Rajyam Party's merger deal in 2011, promised to induct Chiranjeevi into the Union Cabinet by nominating him to Rajya Sabha.
In all, six seats will fall vacant in April with the retirement of four Congress members and one each of CPI and TDP.
Going by the current strength in the Assembly, the Congress can win four and the TDP two seats. There is intense competition in the Congress for the other three seats with some heavyweights lobbying hard for a chance....
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04:01 PM, Mar 05, 2012
Hyderabad: A new coalition government has emerged in Andhra Pradesh with the induction of two legislators of the Praja Rajyam Party into the N Kiran Kumar Reddy Cabinet in Hyderabad on Thursday. State Governor ESL Narasimhan administered the oath of office and secrecy to Ganta Srinivasa Rao, a member of the Legislative Assembly, and C Ramachandraiah, a member of the Legislative Council, at a function in the Raj Bhavan. With...
12:41 PM, Jan 19, 2012
Hyderabad: It was supposed to be a momentous day for the ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh with formalities related to the merger of Praja Rajyam Party getting completed on Monday. There was a grand celebration at the APCC headquarters 'Gandhi Bhavan' to commemorate the occasion with Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, PCC president Botsa Satyanarayana and a host of party leaders in attendance to welcome the 'star of the...
06:22 PM, Aug 22, 2011
Hyderabad: Actor-turned-politician K Chiranjeevi, who has merged his Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) with the Congress, will take the membership of the ruling party Aug 20. He told reporters here Saturday that he would formally take the membership of the Congress in New Delhi August 20, the birth anniversary of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will give him the membership. The formality of PRP's merger with...
02:33 PM, Aug 13, 2011
Hyderabad: AICC President Sonia Gandhi has invited Praja Rajyam Party President and Tirupati MLA K Chiranjeevi to New Delhi to meet her anytime between August 7 and 10 to formally take primary membership of the Congress party. The PRP has already technically merged with the Congress party in Andhra Pradesh but a public meeting could not be organised as planned to formalise the amalgamation. The current political uncertainty in the...
06:46 PM, Aug 02, 2011
New Delhi: Immediately after announcing his party's merger with Congress, Praja Rajyam chief Chiranjeevi on Sunday launched a scathing attack on one of the icons of the Congress in Andhra Pradesh YS Rajasekhara Reddy, saying corruption was at its worst in the state during his regime. He also said the Congress has always been quick in taking action against its corrupt members be it Adarsh housing case or Commonwealth or...
09:43 PM, Feb 06, 2011
Hyderabad: BJP in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday termed actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi's announcement of merging his Praja Rajyam Party with Congress as an "opportunist politics." Chiranjeevi who had floated the party under the slogan of "social justice and welfare of downtrodden" has decided to merge with Congress - a party which never worked for these causes, BJP state Party Chief G Kishan Reddy told PTI. "It is a 'U' turn for Chiranjeevi...
09:35 PM, Feb 06, 2011
New Delhi: Actor turned politician and Praja Rajyam Party chief Chiranjeevi will bring with him atleast 16 of his party's 18 MLAs and that number will help the Congress party consolidate its position in Andhra Pradesh. The worry for the party was former Congress MP Jagan Mohan Reddy, who left the party may try to topple the state govt by pulling out MLAs. The Congress presently has 156 MLAs. For...
09:03 PM, Feb 06, 2011
New Delhi: Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) Chief Chiranjeevi decided to merge with the Congress in Andhra Pradesh. He met Congress President Sonia Gandhi in the capital and made the announcement on Sunday. Law Minister and Congress leader Veerappa Moily said that the merger will strengthen the Congress party in the state. Chiranjeevi said that the merger is unconditional. "Whatever I do is for the betterment of the people. It is...
05:20 PM, Feb 06, 2011
New Delhi: Praja Rajyam Party of Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi is happy with the options listed by BN Srikrishna Committee report. "We have been advocating that a united Andhra Pradesh will be good for the development of the state. I am very happy that the commission travelled extensively in Andhra Pradesh, met all the concerned people before preparing this report," said Praja Rajyam Party leader Ramachandraiah. Ramachandraiah made the statement after...
01:29 PM, Jan 06, 2011
Hyderabad: The disciplinary committee of the Congress is likely to meet on Monday to discuss possible action to be taken against party MP Jagan Mohan Reddy. Jagan has been in the eye of the storm after his channel aired controversial clippings on Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Rahul Gandhi. Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy has already lashed out at Jagan for violating party discipline. Jaipal Reddy...
10:49 AM, Nov 29, 2010
Actor-politician Chiranjeevi met Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi and discussed the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. ...
08:52 PM, May 29, 2010
It looks like the Congress may go for a tie up with Chiranjeevi if Jagan loyalists revolt against the party. ...
11:45 AM, May 29, 2010
Will the Congress dump YSR's son and MP Jaganmohan Reddy who defied the party diktat. ...
08:29 AM, May 29, 2010
The JAC to hold a crucial meeting on Thursday to finalise its course of action. ...
01:43 PM, Jan 28, 2010
Chiru, who hails from coastal Andhra, has done a volte-face on Telangana. ...
11:50 PM, Dec 16, 2009
Chiranjeevi has decided to oppose the division of the Andhra state. ...
05:13 PM, Dec 16, 2009
MLAs who resigned are from coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema. ...
02:05 PM, Dec 10, 2009
Shocker for actor-politician during Hyderabad poll campaign. ...
01:52 PM, Nov 18, 2009
Mohan allegedly made a remark over Chiranjeevi's absence in a meeting. ...
11:30 PM, Oct 14, 2009
