Congress MLA from Tirupati K Chiranjeevi, who was the only politician who had openly opposed the bifurcation of the state way back in December 2009 when he was heading the Praja Rajyam Party, now appears to have softened his stand.
It was indicated from Chiranjeevi’s comments before the media, after meeting AICC incharge of AP affairs Ghulam Nabi Azad in New Delhi on Monday night. He denied the reports that he had advocated the “Visalandhra” slogan.
“I never campaigned for Visalandhra. It was a media creation,” he said.
Chiranjeevi said he had explained the ground realities in the state and the ongoing Sakala Janula Samme to Azad.
“I only asked the high command to take a quick decision on the Telangana issue and he said the decision would be announced at the earliest. I will abide by whatever decision the Centre takes,” he said.
Apparently, Chiranjeevi seems to have realized that the Telangana demand could not be rejected outrightly, in the wake of the popular upsurge. And now that he is in the Congress party, he cannot antagonize any leader from any region. So, he is not strongly advocating the united Andhra slogan.
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