Chiru to quit MLA seat for United Andhra

Praja Rajyam Party president Chiranjeevi is going to quit the assembly membership on Thursday to participate officially inthe United Andhra Pradesh movement. This was indicated by the party sources on Wednesday. Chiru will submit his resignation to Speaker Kiran Kumar Reddy in the morning and then fly to Tirupati to launch indefintie fast for Samaikyandhra movement. This does mean, Chiru will officially dump the "Prajaswamika Telangana" slogan and join the United Andhra movement. Obviously, he is not worried about an imminent split in the party by the pro-Telangana leaders. It is his obvious choice, because the PRP has little presence in Telangana region and for its sake, Chiranjeevi does not want to forego whatever advantage the party has in Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema. And he is under pressure from the party leaders in Tirupati as well. What is more, Chiranjeevi appears to have felt lost out, as his bete noire in the film industry Mohan Babu also announced his "deeksha" for Samaikyandhra at Tirupati from Thursday itself. If he keeps silent, the film career of his son Charan also would be in doldrums, while Mohan Babu's son Vishnu and Manoj would get the people's support. So, politics has spread to films as well!