Kin of key TD leaders join PR

Close relatives of two important Telugu Desam leaders - Errabelli Dayakar Rao, MP, and the party’s deputy leader in the Assembly Yanamala Ramakrishnudu on Tuesday joined Chiranjeevi’s Praja Rajyam (PR).

Those who threw in their lot with Chiranjeevi were E. Pradeep Rao of Warangal and Y. Venkat Rao and his son Rajesh from East Godavari district. Several other leaders from the two districts also joined the new party.

Fielding questions after meeting the PR president, Mr. Pradeep Rao said he had always been a fan of the actor and impressed by his ideas, he was joining the party to serve people. “I am not here with an application seeking ticket,” he said. “I am here on my own and prepared to do whatever the party president asks me to do,” he repeated.

When asked about political aspirations, Mr. Venkat Rao repled that while he himself would not contest from anywhere, he was joining the party only in support of his son, who was an aspirant from East Godavari district.

Staff Reporter from Kakinada adds: Meanwhile, Dantu Surya Rao, Chairman, Cocanada Chamber of Commerce and a State executive committee member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, joined the PR and addressed a press conference along with former TDP leader Vanga Geeta, who had joined the PR earlier.