Chiranjeevi to Woo Kapu Voters of Seemandhra

According to sources in Congress party, megastar turned politician Chiranjeevi would be out to woo the Kapu voters in the upcoming byelections. The Congress party has decided to depute Chiranjeevi for an intensive campaign in the key assembly constituencies where kapu voters are in large numbers. This would also to hit back at the vehement charge of YSRCP that the huge cache of cash found in Chiranjeevi’s daughter’s residence in Chennai was actually the money given by the ruling party for the merger of his Prajarajyam party.

The Congress is of the view that the YSR Congress has unleashed the campaign against Chiranjeevi with the aim of preventing him from campaigning in the bypolls in the 17 assembly constituencies in the Seemandhra region many of which have a seizable number of Kapu voters. As per the plans finalized, the Rajya Sabha member will tour the constituencies starting from May 17. "The YSR Congress has only Jagan as crowd-puller. To counter him, the Congress will have Chiranjeevi, chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, PCC chief Botsa Satyanarayana, as well as some central leaders campaigning for the bypolls," Congress sources said.

According to the party program, Chiranjeevi will commence his campaign from Udayagiri in Nellore district on May 17. From there, he will visit Rayadurgam (May 21), Ongole (May 23), Narasannapet (May 25), Payakaraopeta (May 26), Narsapuram (June 1), Polavaram and Ramachandrapuram (June 2), Allagadda, Yemmiganur (June 4 and 5) and Nellore parliamentary constituency (June 6). In another development, party president Sonia Gandhi’s envoy Vayalar will launch the Congress campaign from Anantapur. He will launch his campaign at Rayadurg on May 17. After that he is expected to visit Guntur district to campaign in Macherla and Prathipadu.