HYDERABAD: Perturbed over reports of fissures in the Praja Rajyam, PR president K. Chiranjeevi has clarified that there was no scope for a split in the party as all the MLAs and leaders were united.
Mr. Chiranjeevi’s comments showering lavish praise on Chief Minister K. Rosaiah as an able and efficient administrator at Tirumala kicked off a controversy. A section of PR leaders, who supported anointment of Kadapa MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy as Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s successor to the Chief Minister’s post, reportedly expressed displeasure over the accolades showered on Mr. Rosaiah.
Reacting to reports in a section of media about the imminent split in PR, Mr. Chiranjeevi who is presently in Vijayawada, said he was pained over the “distorted version” of his meeting with Mr. Rosaiah. Asserting that he fulfilled a protocol in meeting Mr. Rosaiah who came to his constituency, he suspected that the twist given to the meeting was “deliberate” and aimed at weakening the PR.
He said the stalemate over the demand for appointment of Mr. Jagan as Chief Minister was Congress’ internal matter and PR had nothing to do with it. On the support extended by a few PR legislators to Mr. Jagan, he said it was “their personal view and not the party stand”. Later in the day, PR spokespersons D. Sravan Kumar and Vasireddy Padma said Mr. Chiranjeevi’s words praising Mr. Rosaiah, a veteran leader with a track record of presenting budget in the Legislative Assembly for 15 times, were not tantamount to “belittling” somebody (Mr. Jagan).
They said the Congress which was unable to come out of the crisis it was facing following Rajasekhara Reddy’s death was trying to indulge in “mudslinging” on other parties to cover up its failures. The PR, they asserted, was concerned about the lull in administration and non-cooperation between the Chief Minister and his Cabinet colleagues that was adversely impacting welfare and development programmes.
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