Ex PRP leader alleges Chiru selling tickets

In a revelation which can, at best, be best described as ‘shocking’, former  Praja Rajyam Party Mahila wing president Narra Vijayalakshmi on Wednesday alleged that her party president K Chiranjeevi cheated her of Rs 2 crore.

What was more shocking about her allegation is that she claimed that the Rs 2 crore was part of the earlier agreed upon ‘deal’ of Rs 5 crore, which she was to pay to the PRP chief so that she may be given the party ticket to contest from the Chevella Parliamentary Constituency during the general elections that were held in 2009.

Talking to media persons at a press conference held at Somijiguda Press Club, Ms Vijayalakshmi alleged that Mr Chiranjeevi had cheated her after taking the ‘advance’ of Rs 2 crore out of the Rs 5 crore, yet still did not give her the party ticket.

Ms Vijayalakshmi said that after the ‘deal’ was struck, she had given Rs 2 crore to Mr Chiranjeevi’s brother brother-in-law Allu Aravind. The former PRP Mahila chief said that the actor-turned-politician had cheated her by giving the ticket to Katasani Jnaneswar, despite having received the money.

Ms Vijayalakshmi said that she was forced to go before the media since Mr Chiranjeevi’s family members were dillydallying on returning her money. She further said that she had approached the PRP chief and requested him to return the money, but to no avail.

The former PRP Mahila chief said that she will go on an indefinite hunger fast at the Ambedkar statue at Tank Bund if Mr Chiranjeevi does not return her money before February 15. Saying that Mr Chiranjeevi was a number one corrupt person, Ms Vijayalakshmi said that he had merged his party with the Congress only to come to power and make more money.

She further pointed out that Mr Chiranjeevi had launched his political party with the promise of serving the poor and the downtrodden by had in actual fact done nothing for them. Ms Vijayalakshmi said that when there is no justice in the party, where was the question of social justice? The former PRP Mahila chief had resigned from the PRP and joined the Telangana Democratic Front where she is heading the Women’s Wing.