Hyderabad, Dec. 7: For the first time, the three contenders for the Chief Minister’s post — Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, leader of Opposition Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu and Praja Rajyam supremo Chiranjeevi — shared a public dais on Sunday. They attended the first anniversary of Surya, a vernacular daily, at Ravindra Bharati.
Except for exchanging pleasantries the three, however, hardly spoke to each other. In fact, the Chief Minister ensured that former union minister Mr Sharad Yadav and Surya publisher Mr N Suryaprakasa Rao sat on either side, so his rivals were a seat away.
The former BJP president, Mr Bangaru Laxman, the Nava Telangana Party president, Mr T. Devender Goud and the senior Congress leader Mr V. Hanumantha Rao also shared the dais.
The programme took off to a late start and the Chief Minister was the first to arrive and also to leave the venue followed by Mr Chandrababu Naidu and Chiranjeevi who was cheered more by the audience than the other two. The three came together to light the lamp.
Except for Mr Naidu, the other two chose not to talk about politics. The Chief Minister appreciated the efforts of the newspaper in highlighting issues pertaining to BCs and SCs. Chiranjeevi briefly talked about the newspaper’s achievements and troubles he had been facing in his efforts to achieve social justice.
Mr Naidu explained how the founder president of his party , N.T. Rama Rao heralded a social change empowering BCs politically. He referred to making Mr Yerrannaidu a Cabinet minister, Mr G.M.C Balayogi Lok Sabha Speaker and Ms Pratibha Bharathi speaker of Assembly.
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