BY J.R.PRASAD
Hyderabad, Nov. 16: Most politicians love to talk about their native villages and towns. They are comfortable in their home turf and often try to nurture their constituencies there. But not so for the actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi. The very mention of his native Mogalturu makes the Praja Rajyam chief grimace these days. For rival politicians are now using the scenic locale to hit out at Chiranjeevi’s credentials, or rather, the lack of them. It was Congress leaders who first said the megastar has done nothing for his native place in the last three decades and does not even visit it.
However, Mr Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy’s remarks that Chiranjeevi had not cared for his native Mogalturu forced Chiranjeevi to break his silence. The film star was forced to admit that he has indeed not visited Mogalturu. The Chief Minister picked the cue and during his road show in Guntur reportedly said that Chiranjeevi had not visited his own village in the last three decades and had done nothing for its betterment. “Then, what change he can bring for the state?” asked the Chief Minister. In return, Chiranjeevi has included Pulivendula, the home constituency of the Chief Minister, in third leg of his Yatra.
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