Chiranjeevi may not have worked wonders in successive by-elections in Andhra Pradesh. But he seems to be in great demand in Karnataka for the on-going election campaign. Chiranjeevi’s services were sought by the Congress high command for the ensuing Karnataka Assembly elections. Congress Party has high hopes on Karnataka where it has bright chances of forming the next government. In [...]

The ongoing by-elections are a make-or-break for the political career of not only Jagan, Chandrababu, Kiran and Botsa but also Chiranjeevi. Having merged his party with Congress Party, Chiranjeevi is now required to prove that he is indeed an asset to the party electorally, for which he was primarily inducted. His political future in Congress at this juncture will be [...]

Danam Nagender gave a piece of his mind on senior Congress leader Damodar Reddy’s comments against Chiranjevi. Damodar Reddy objected to Vayalar Ravi having a breakfast meeting with Chiranjeevi at the latter’s residence on Wednesday. “Vayalar went to Palvai Govardhan Reddy’s place and spent more than an hour there. Nobody talked about it. But when Ravi visits Chiranjeevi, that becomes [...]

Whatever was the reason for Vayalar Ravi to have a breakfast meeting with Chiranjeevi at the latter’s residence, it seems to have caused heartburn among the other leaders. Former Minister Damodar Reddy took objection to Ravi going to one leader’s house. The Delhi envoy choosing to visit one leader sends wrong signal to the party cadre, he said. Damodar Reddy, [...]

Maa TV has entered into a strategic alliance with Sony TV to enable the latter to acquire 30 percent equity stake in the former. MAA Television Network Limited and Sony Pictures Television (SPT) on Monday announced their joint intent to enter into a strategic alliance “to give a new growth thrust to MAA TV and its network of Telugu TV [...]

Remember Harirama Jogaiah, who resigned as Congress Party MP to join Chiranjeevi’s Praja Rajyam Party? A close confidant of Chiru during the founding of PRP, Jogaiah later fell out with him. Chiru’s loss in Palakole seat was also responsible for the differences between them. Now the 75-year-old Jogaiah is all set to join hands with Jagan Mohan Reddy. One of [...]

Why did Ramachandraiah burst out at Congress Party? A major reason for Ramachandraiah’s anxiety is the fact that a whole lot of former PRP men are leaving for greener pastures in view of Congress Party’s apathy. When PRP got merged with Congress, the idea was that Kapu/Balija community would shift its loyalties to Congress. But the reality has been different. [...]

With former PRP leaders and cadre getting completely sidelined within Congress, the Chiranjeevi group is totally jittery. The latest outburst of Minister C Ramachandraiah expressing his discontent at the way Congress has been treating the merged entity is an indication that things have sour for Chiru men. Interestingly, Ramachandraiah, a close confidant of Chiranjeevi, himself a reporter from TV9 in [...]

The newly elected Rajya Sabha members from the state Chiranjeevi and Renuka Chowdary are tipped to get berths in the next cabinet expansion by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Chiranjeevi is mostly likely to get a Minister of State in the union cabinet as per the understanding reached before the merger of PRP with Congress Party. However, Renuka’s case is likely [...]

Chiranjeevi has turned into a iron leg for Congress Party, ridiculed YSR Congress Party leader Gone Prakash Rao. He said that despite Chiranjeevi’s campaign in Kovur, the party came in third place and secured 30,000 votes less than the Congress and PRP together got earlier. Pointing out that Chiranjeevi has absolutely no support of the public and his ability to [...]