TRS activists force Chiru out of wedding function

With a smile fixed on his face, Praja Rajyam Party president K Chiranjeevi on Sunday was forced to beat a hasty retreat from a wedding function after being accosted by Telangana Rashtra Samithi activists.

Mr Chiranjeevi, known as a ‘integrationist’, was accosted by the TRS activists when he went to Pullareddy Gardens at Champapet near LB Nagar to attend the marriage of former minister DS Redya Naik’s second son on Sunday.

The TRS activists surrounded him and raised ‘Jai Telangana’ slogans. They also told him that since he was now in Congress, he should once again make his stand on Telangana clear. Some of the more optimistic activists demanded that Mr Chiranjeevi extend his support to the separate statehood demand.

The PRP chief, taken aback by the hostility at a purely non-political occasion, chose to remain silent and give the TRS activists his most charismatic smile.

The smile failed to entice the TRS activists, who told him that he should be better off leaving the place due to his ‘integrationist’ stand. They alleged that Mr Chiranjeevi was stalling the Telangana state formation by merging his party in the Congress.

The actor-turned-politician at this time decided that his smile may charm many a fan when he uses it on screen, but at that particular moment, it was the only defense he had.

He chose to backtrack out of the wedding ceremony mid-way, smiling all the while.

When he got in his car, Mr Chiranjeevi said that any marriage should not be stopped due to his presence.