BY J.R.PRASAD
Hyderabad, April 12: There are many similarities between the Praja Rajyam, whose symbol is the rail engine, and a moving train.
Just as the railways run special trains for summer to clear the rush of passengers, the Praja Rajyam was launched just before the elections to take on the regular parties.
The passengers who fail to get tickets on regular trains, opt for special trains. Similarly, leaders who were not sure of getting tickets in the Congress and the Telugu Desam, joined the PR.
Now, some of them, who are denied tickets, are getting off the PR train.
Women leaders who are denied tickets are now deserting the PR saying that it lacks a ladies’ compartment.
“The PR’s rail has no ladies’ bogie, so I quit the party,” said, Ms Sarojini, Mahila Rajyam secretary and mother of slain Tollwood actor Prathyusha.
For the last minute passengers, the railways has provided an emergency quota. The seats given to turncoats from other political parties can be compared to this emergency quota.
Trains have attached bogies for passengers going to different destinations. These bogies are delinked and attached to other trains which go to those places. The Nava Telangana Party which was set up to fight for Telangana state and merged with the PR can be compared to one such bogie. The Mana party, which forged an alliance with the PR also does not have any ideological connection with the PR.
The PR also has two engines in the form of Chiranjeevi in the front and Allu Aravind at the rear. As both of them are pulling the train in opposite directions, the party has failed to move in either direction.
A major drawback in the PR train is the absence of gangmen (read leaders) in the Telangana region. As a result, the PR’s Praja Rail Yatra has skipped many districts in the region.
Actors Allu Arjun and Ram Charan Teja who have boarded the train are performing the role of entertainers in popularising its symbol. Before the inception of the party, whenever scribes enquired about Chiranjeevi’s political entry, Mr Allu Aravind used to say: “Our train has not come so far. As soon as it comes we will board it.”
Soon after launching the PR, Chiranjeevi fought vehemently for a common symbol, rail engine, and succeeded. Now the PR camp managers are busy with the Praja Rail Yatra, taken up to popularise party’s symbol.
Ironically, the PR’s rail Yatra is pulled by an electric locomotive, whereas its symbol is “steam engine”.
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