Thursday, August 28, 2008

Chiranjeevi launches Prajarajyam

Chiranjeevi launched his political party Prajarajyam after months of deliberations. Roughly translated, it means People's State / People's Rule, the name sounds very good. The meeting at Tirupathi, where he announced the name, was huge. Lakhs of people cheered him while Chiranjeevi went on narrating his rags-to-riches life story.

It was a dramatic speech. It was emotional. But it was disappointing. It was no different from all those run-of-the-mill political speeches.

He started by narrating his childhood. He spoke a lot about the days when he had to live with only one meal per day -all the stuff that his ardent fans would expect from him. He delivered what they expected. He was his usual self while delivering this part of the speech.

But, while handling the policies part of his speech, he found it difficult to handle the prepared speech. He fumbled at several places while reading out from the papers.He did not seem to have prepared well.

What about the party's policies? Prajarajyam was no different from its seniors. It is as loud as the other parties are, while talking about social justice, women, Backward classes, Youth etc. It was as ambiguous as Congress and TDP are, when it came to contentious issues. Chiranjeevi skillfully avoided spelling out his policy on the crucial issues like Telangana, SC reservations, Kapu reservation etc. He said he would frame his policy after thoroughly discussing the subjects. But, there was no mention about the timeline. He left the When and how of these discussions to the imagination of the people. It is likely that this policy will prevail until the elections.

There was no mention about prohibition. But, he spoke of controlling liquor. Again no mention about the details.

Overall, it was a cinematic speech for a political audience. Chiranjeevi disappointed me.

1 Comment:

Khurram Habib said...

I think, Chiranjeevi's best chances may lie not in towns and cities, but in rural areas.