PRP strong among youth: Vangaveeti Radhakrishna

January 5th 2009 - VIJAYAWADA: Vijayawada East MLA Vangaveeti Radhakrishna on Sunday came in defence of the critical statements made by Yuva Rajyam president Pawan Kalyan against the Congress leaders in the State. He said that those statements were made out of “anguish” and they were to a large extent true.

The MLA asserted that the Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) would give a fitting response in case of any future attacks on their party offices or leaders. He appealed to the rival parties not to provoke the PRP cadres, as they were largely peaceful till now. “We have to think about taking a tough stand. I appeal to them to think before making such attacks,” he added.

In the presence of Mr. Radhakrishna, hundreds of Congress followers from One Town joined the PRP. The leaders who followed the MLA included Mr. Aslam and scores of his followers. One Gadi Lakshmaiah from the CPI and several other leaders also joined the PRP on the occasion. Welcoming them into the party fold, Mr. Radhakrishna said that the youth were particularly enthusiastic and happy about the activities of the PRP. He reiterated that the PRP’s main strength was going to be young people and their outright support to the party. With the joining of Mr. Aslam, the party gained a lot of strength in One Town.

Mr. Radhakrishna expressed happiness over the support coming from various quarters and the party was in a position to make use of this to increase its strength in the politically active city. He said that the party leadership was forward-looking in encouraging young people.

Welcome development

Mr. Radhakrishna felt that under the leadership of Mr. Chiranjeevi, the party was attracting support and gaining strength from people cutting across caste, community and age barriers. It was a welcome development for the PRP at a time when its strength was being accepted all over the State, he added. The newly-joined activists raised slogans and garlanded their leaders at the PRP office at Sikhamani Centre on Route No 5. Several women activists also accepted the PRP membership at the venue.