Chiru in Congress

Last week all newspapers were filled with the news that Chiru's PRP is merged with Congress. Since then, all my friends & family members started calling me to make fun of me. All this is coz, me being a hard core fan (may be not jus fan...probably AC). And, all of them still remember the hype I created when PRAJARAJYAM was formed on 26 August, 2008. I did my bit for PRP in making sure that all my friends & family members cast their votes for PRP candidates. Anyways, none of them won...that's a different issue.

But, when they heard the news that Chiru is merging PRP with Congress, all of them started calling me (as if, am the personal secretary for Chiru...Of course, I used to behave like that). And, the sad part is, all of them now feel that their PRECIOUS votes got wasted!!!

That is the reason, I thought of writing this blog.

The basic reason why cine stars join politics is to be in the lime light (which they have got used to all their career) even after their twilight years in the film industry. Stars who have money start their own party & those who doesn't have much, join the existing ones. Chiru is no exception. He also has a live example in the form of our own ANNAGARU (Sri NTR).

So...it is with these expectations, that Chiru started PRP. Nevertheless, it was a brave decision. But, he had a toughest opponent in the form of YSR. Chiru's glamour was not enough before YSR's might.

Even when he lost the election, Chiru didn’t hide his face from the press. He put up a brave face even though everything went wrong for him. But, going forward, the press started ignoring him. As always, maintaining a party which has lost elections is a herculean task. That too, with the hype with which he created PRP, it became even tougher. As days went on, the Telangana struggle started, some of his party MLAs started moving out. The rest are waiting for an excuse to jump. Even his brother Pawan Kalyan deserted him after the election defeat & never turned up at the party office. And, obviously, Chiru might have felt that he should not have started PRP at all & should have continued his acting career.

At that point of time, YSR died in a helicopter crash. Rosaiah became our new CM. As we all know, he never behaved like a CM. KCR saw an opportunity to make some news, and hence started agitation for Telangana. And the outcome…the state went to dogs.

Congress missed YSR badly. They needed a mass leader. Congress high felt that party was losing grip over the state. Added to that, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy was wooing MLAs to support him to become CM. They replaced Rosaiah with KKR. But, even then, the wafer thin majority that congress has in the state assembly was not sufficient to dodge the threat posed by Jagan Reddy. They saw an opportunity in Chiru and his PRP.

They re-started the process which YSR started (to woo PRP to join Congress).

So, when the proposal for the merger came, Chiru saw a ray of hope. Not because of the posts offered to him, but, he saw an option to let go off the burden of maintaining a failed party like PRP. He knows for sure that, by 2014, PRP will have only one MLA left & that will be himself. So, if he don’t act now, he will lose all his popularity that he has gained all throughout his career in films. People start saying all non-sense things like...'he should not have entered politics, blah..blah'. So, Chiru might have also thought that he looses his credibility by joining Congress & his fans will never accept this. But, that seemed the only way he can continue his political journey. And if, by Sonia ji's grace, if he can get any major role in state politics (Deputy CM or CM candidate for 2014 elections), fans will be happier then.

Congress needs a mass leader… Chiru wants a platform to showcase his strength. The result – CONGRESS + PRAJA RAJYAM = CONGRESS RAJYAM

Chiru's decision to merge his party with the Congress, for him personally, is after all not a bad decision. But, for people who voted for him, who believed that he will bring a change in the political scenario of the state, leaders who joined him from other parties…this was a BIG disappointment.

In a way, am happy for Chiru & not so happy for PRP. The climax could have been better.

Long live Democracy!!!

Jai Chiranjeeva! Jai Hind!!