HYDERABAD: The D-Day seems to have arrived.
Praja Rajyam Party chief Chiranjeevi is going to hit the roads. In all likelihood, the film actor will begin his mass contact programme any day between Oct 1 and 3.
Chiranjeevi’s tour raises the curtain on his headlong jump into the midst of the people. Till now, he has been making attempts to gauge the response of the people by making short and quick forays into their midst after announcing the formation of his party in Tirupati last month.
Though a novice to politics, the film actor is trying to identify with people - he made a surprise visit to Sircilla in Karimnagar and Polepally in Mahaboobnagar where he commiserated with farmers whose lands had been acquired by the Government for a song.
Though every one expected that Chiranjeevi would announce his yatra across the State soon after formation of his party, he reportedly kept postponing it due to logistic problem like those relating to the security concerns, crowd control, vehicles and so on.
At a meeting with his confidants, Chiranjeevi today gave the go head signal for his organisers to fix the itinerary.
He is likely to start his yatra from Srikakulam.
The actor is likely to ummask his tour programme tomorrow with details of where he would begin it and how he wants to go about interacting with the people. The actor will also spell out the details of tour plan which districts he preferred visiting first.
The actor’s proposed tour has already generated considerable interest not only in the political circles but also among the people of the State, since it would clear doubts about the Praja Rajyam Party’s strengths and weaknesses.
Chiranjeevi’s tour will be the fourth such mega exercise undertaken by politicians since 1983. Former chief minister and founder of the Telugu Desam Party NT Rama Rao set the trend by taking up a tour across the length and breadth of the State in his Praja Ratham to mobilise support from the people for the party he had just founded.
In 2003 YS Rajasekhara Reddy, who was then leader of the Congress Legislature Party, went on padayatra and was successful in turning the tables against the then Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu in 2004 elections.
Recently Telugu Desam president Chandrababu Naidu toured the State which he named ‘Meekosam’ for 117 days as a warm up exercise to the next general elections.
Praja Rajyam Party chief Chiranjeevi is going to hit the roads. In all likelihood, the film actor will begin his mass contact programme any day between Oct 1 and 3.
Chiranjeevi’s tour raises the curtain on his headlong jump into the midst of the people. Till now, he has been making attempts to gauge the response of the people by making short and quick forays into their midst after announcing the formation of his party in Tirupati last month.
Though a novice to politics, the film actor is trying to identify with people - he made a surprise visit to Sircilla in Karimnagar and Polepally in Mahaboobnagar where he commiserated with farmers whose lands had been acquired by the Government for a song.
Though every one expected that Chiranjeevi would announce his yatra across the State soon after formation of his party, he reportedly kept postponing it due to logistic problem like those relating to the security concerns, crowd control, vehicles and so on.
At a meeting with his confidants, Chiranjeevi today gave the go head signal for his organisers to fix the itinerary.
He is likely to start his yatra from Srikakulam.
The actor is likely to ummask his tour programme tomorrow with details of where he would begin it and how he wants to go about interacting with the people. The actor will also spell out the details of tour plan which districts he preferred visiting first.
The actor’s proposed tour has already generated considerable interest not only in the political circles but also among the people of the State, since it would clear doubts about the Praja Rajyam Party’s strengths and weaknesses.
Chiranjeevi’s tour will be the fourth such mega exercise undertaken by politicians since 1983. Former chief minister and founder of the Telugu Desam Party NT Rama Rao set the trend by taking up a tour across the length and breadth of the State in his Praja Ratham to mobilise support from the people for the party he had just founded.
In 2003 YS Rajasekhara Reddy, who was then leader of the Congress Legislature Party, went on padayatra and was successful in turning the tables against the then Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu in 2004 elections.
Recently Telugu Desam president Chandrababu Naidu toured the State which he named ‘Meekosam’ for 117 days as a warm up exercise to the next general elections.
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