TD to use Obama strategy

BY J.R.PRASAD

Hyderabad, Nov. 16: The Telugu Desam leadership appears to be taking a cue from the US Democratic President-elect, Mr Barack Obama, to reach out to professionals and the youth. The TD president, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, who is drawing parallels between himself and Mr Obama, in the run-up to the 2009 elections, has set up a separate wing with software professionals in the Telugu Desam to propagate the party’s policies among professionals through the Internet.

It may be recalled that Mr Obama relied on the Internet for campaigning during the US Presidential elections to attract the youth. he TD leader has also decided to launch "web campaigning" to win over the techies to support his party.

According to a press release from the NTR Bhavan, the Telugu Desam constituted the Telugu Sanketika Nipunula Vibhagam (Telugu Techies Wing) on Sunday to spread the policies of the Telugu Desam professionals in order to muster their support for the ensuing elections. Mr Palem Srikanth Reddy, a Non-Resident Indian software professional, has been appointed as the president to this wing.

Information technology professionals were appointed as office bearers. Sources said, the techies in this wing would take up hi-tech campaign with the help of the Internet to propagate the Telugu Desam’s policies among software and other professionals in the state.

"The main activities of this wing will be educating various sections of people and voters regarding the developmental activities taken up during the Telugu Desam’s regime," the Telugu Desam press release said.