Chiranjeevi gearing up for political plunge 21st May 2008
11.00 IST
By Agencies
Glamour is making a comeback to Andhra Pradesh politics as superstar Chiranjeevi is gearing up to launch a new political party in June in the run up to next year’s elections.
According to sources close to Chiranjeevi, the actor is likely to float his party next month.
His key advisor and brother-in-law Allu Arvind and others are working overtime to finalise the arrangements for the launch.
Fans and some groups supporting the actor are already holding meetings at the district level.
Chiranjeevi, one of the highest paid actors in India who is dominating the Telugu film industry for two decades, will be following in the footsteps of the legendary N.T. Rama Rao, better known as NTR, who floated the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in the early 1980s.
The thespian came to power within nine months after launching the party, ending the monopoly of the Congress over the state politics.
While speculations were doing rounds for few months that Chiranjeevi was planning to launch a new party, Arvind recently gave broad hints that he would take the plunge soon.
Chiranjeevi gearing up for political plunge
