Only Chiranjeevi can save Congress

 Only Chiranjeevi can save Congress

Three months after creating a flutter with his remark that people of Andhra Pradesh want to see Chiranjeevi as chief minister, endowments minister and former PRP leader C Ramachandraiah was at it again.

He said if Chiranjeevi was not given due importance, the Congress party would bite the dust in the next elections. Not stopping at that, he padded up for his former PRP leaders, demanding that they be given due importance while filling up nominated posts for strengthening the Congress party. He said a particular community has already deserted the Congress and if efforts are not made to woo them back, the Congress faces a bleak future. He said Chiranjeevi's hands should be strengthened. "The party will automatically gain if Chiranjeevi is at the helm," he told newsmen here on Sunday. He said if efforts were being made to weaken his leader, the loser would be Congress only.

Ramachandraiah had caused a commotion on July 28 in Dwaraka Tirumala near Eluru by asserting that the people of Andhra Pradesh wanted to see Chiranjeevi as their chief minister. Ramachandraiah had also assured the Kapu community members that the wish of the people (to see Chiranjeevi as CM) would be fulfilled soon. Earlier, the minister visited Vakula Matha temple at Peruru Banda near Tirupati.

He said all the problems relating to the ancient temple would be sorted out and the temple restored.