The first public meeting of the party was held by Chiranjeevi on 26 August 2008, at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.[1] Praja Rajyam means People's Rule in Telugu.[2] He addressed a gathering of about a million people and announced the party name and its agenda. The party flag, which has white colour making up 3/4 of the height at the top, and the bottom 1/4 filled with green, was unveiled at the meeting. In the middle of the flag, a red-coloured sun symbol is encircled with a yellow line.
The green colour is an "acknowledgement to the farmers", red symbolises "change and revolution", the yellow border around the sun symbolises "happiness in every home", white symbolises "clean governance and transparency", and the sun in the middle emphasises the need for change and revolution.[citation needed]
Merger with NTPP
The Nava Telangana Praja Party headed by former minister Tulla Devender Goud was merged with the Praja Rajyam Party. NTPP was a political entity campaigning for Telangana State formation, and had a strong base in the Telangana Region of Andhra Pradesh. Post-merger, Goud was made the Vice-President of Praja Rajyam Party.[3]
Chiranjeevi at one time expressed his support for the efforts to forge a "Fourth Front" at the national level.
They won only 18 out of a possible 294 assembly seats. The party leader, Chiranjeevi contested in two assembly seats - Tirupathi and Palakollu (West Godavari District) - and won only in Tirupathi. It polled 18% votes.
The PRP party will give footwear to poor families, distribution of land among the poor and total prohibition in phases.
In the manifesto, Chiranjeevi said if voted to power, the first file his party would sign would be for supply of grocery items for Rs. 1000 per month for every poor family and will also supply cooking gas cylinder for Rs. 100.
The manifesto promised many populist schemes to counter the Telugu Desam Party's free colour television and cash transfer scheme for poor and schemes like Rs. 20 a kg of rice currently being implemented by the Congress government. The grocery scheme was aimed to provide food security to the poor.
The PRP promised to implement land reforms and allot two to 5 acres (20,000 m2) of land for landless poor.
The party also vowed to usher in 'gram swaraj' by transferring powers and finances to village-level bodies.
Promising to continue the current scheme of free electricity to farmers, the manifesto said the duration would be increased from the present seven hours to 24 hours. It said it would provide social security to farmers by introducing a pension scheme for them.
Under another populist scheme promised in the manifesto, the government would deposit Rs. 10,00,000 in the name of every newborn girl. She would be paid the amount on reaching the age of 15 years.
All women will get free education from kindergarten (LG) to post-graduation (PG) level. The women members of self-help DWACRA groups will be provided interest-free loans. Women will also be provided 50 percent reservations in appointment of teachers.
The PRP promised creation of half a million jobs in 1,000 days. It said it would also pay unemployment allowance of Rs. 10,000 a month to every unemployed youth, and assured Rs. 1,500 monthly pension to physically challenged.
The party said it would try to introduce total prohibition in phases and shut down all 'belt shops' (illegal counters of licensed liquor shops).
Merger into Congress Party
On 6 February 2011, PRP chief Chiranjeevi announced that his party would be merged with the Indian National Congress party after a meeting with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi. The merger was proposed by A.K. Antony, Minister of Defence.[4] He stated that he had originally been compelled to create the PRP on a platform of fighting corruption and ensuring social justice but that Congress now had a good record of fighting corruption elsewhere.[5]
It was asserted by political observers that Chiranjeevi's move may have been prompted by his loss of support in the wake of his own strong anti-Telangana stance in previous months.[6] It was argued in the press that Chiranjeevi's move would particularly strengthen Congress' hand in retaining the Kapu vote, as the PRP had done particularly well among them.[7]
References
^"Chiranjeevi launches 'Praja Rajyam'". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Press Trust of India. 26 August 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
^Gundimeda, Sambaiah (2009). "Dalits, Praja Rajyam Party and Caste Politics in Andhra Pradesh". Economic and Political Weekly. 44 (21): 50–58. ISSN 0012-9976.
^"Welcome to nginx eaa1a9e1db47ffcca16305566a6efba4!185.15.56.1". Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
^"Praja Rajyam merges with Congress". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 7 February 2011. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013.
^"After merging party with Congress, Chiranjeevi attacks YS Rajasekhara Reddy".
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Praja Rajyam Party news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Praja Rajyam Party transl People s Rule Party was a political party in India Praja Rajyam PartyFounded2 August 2008 15 years ago 2008 08 02 Dissolved2011 12 years ago 2011 Merged intoIndian National CongressStudent wingPRP VidyarthiYouth wingPRP YuvaWomen s wingPRP MahilPeasants wingPRP RaithuLabour wingPRP KarmikaColoursGreenParty flagPolitics of IndiaPolitical partiesElections Contents 1 Formation 2 Merger with NTPP 3 Electoral history 3 1 List of Members Elected 4 Manifesto 5 Merger into Congress Party 6 References 7 External linksFormation EditThe first public meeting of the party was held by Chiranjeevi on 26 August 2008 at Tirupati Andhra Pradesh 1 Praja Rajyam means People s Rule in Telugu 2 He addressed a gathering of about a million people and announced the party name and its agenda The party flag which has white colour making up 3 4 of the height at the top and the bottom 1 4 filled with green was unveiled at the meeting In the middle of the flag a red coloured sun symbol is encircled with a yellow line The green colour is an acknowledgement to the farmers red symbolises change and revolution the yellow border around the sun symbolises happiness in every home white symbolises clean governance and transparency and the sun in the middle emphasises the need for change and revolution citation needed Merger with NTPP EditThe Nava Telangana Praja Party headed by former minister Tulla Devender Goud was merged with the Praja Rajyam Party NTPP was a political entity campaigning for Telangana State formation and had a strong base in the Telangana Region of Andhra Pradesh Post merger Goud was made the Vice President of Praja Rajyam Party 3 Chiranjeevi at one time expressed his support for the efforts to forge a Fourth Front at the national level Electoral history EditYear Party leader Seats won Change in seats Percentage of votes Popular vote Outcome Ref 2009 Chiranjeevi 18 294 new 18 00 7 46 35 090 Others 1 They won only 18 out of a possible 294 assembly seats The party leader Chiranjeevi contested in two assembly seats Tirupathi and Palakollu West Godavari District and won only in Tirupathi It polled 18 votes List of Members Elected Edit S No Constituency Elected MLA1 Nirmal Alleti Maheshwar Reddy2 Balkonda Anil Kumar Eravathri3 Bheemili Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao4 Gajuwaka Chinthalapudi Venkataramaiah5 Anakapalle Ganta Srinivasa Rao6 Pendurthi Panchakarla Ramesh Babu7 Pithapuram Vanga Geetha8 Kakinada Rural Kurasala Kannababu9 Peddapuram Pantam Gandhi Mohan10 Kothapeta Bandaru Satyananda Rao11 Tadepalligudem Eli Venkata Madhusudhanarao12 Vijayawada West Velampalli Srinivasa Rao13 Vijayawada East Yalamanchili Ravi14 Giddalur Anna Venkat Rambabu15 Nellore City Mungamuru Sridhara Krishna Reddy16 Allagadda Bhuma Shobha Nagi Reddy17 Banaganapalle Katasani Rami Reddy18 Tirupati ChiranjeeviManifesto EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed July 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message The PRP party will give footwear to poor families distribution of land among the poor and total prohibition in phases In the manifesto Chiranjeevi said if voted to power the first file his party would sign would be for supply of grocery items for Rs 1000 per month for every poor family and will also supply cooking gas cylinder for Rs 100 The manifesto promised many populist schemes to counter the Telugu Desam Party s free colour television and cash transfer scheme for poor and schemes like Rs 20 a kg of rice currently being implemented by the Congress government The grocery scheme was aimed to provide food security to the poor The PRP promised to implement land reforms and allot two to 5 acres 20 000 m2 of land for landless poor The party also vowed to usher in gram swaraj by transferring powers and finances to village level bodies Promising to continue the current scheme of free electricity to farmers the manifesto said the duration would be increased from the present seven hours to 24 hours It said it would provide social security to farmers by introducing a pension scheme for them Under another populist scheme promised in the manifesto the government would deposit Rs 10 00 000 in the name of every newborn girl She would be paid the amount on reaching the age of 15 years All women will get free education from kindergarten LG to post graduation PG level The women members of self help DWACRA groups will be provided interest free loans Women will also be provided 50 percent reservations in appointment of teachers The PRP promised creation of half a million jobs in 1 000 days It said it would also pay unemployment allowance of Rs 10 000 a month to every unemployed youth and assured Rs 1 500 monthly pension to physically challenged The party said it would try to introduce total prohibition in phases and shut down all belt shops illegal counters of licensed liquor shops Merger into Congress Party EditOn 6 February 2011 PRP chief Chiranjeevi announced that his party would be merged with the Indian National Congress party after a meeting with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi The merger was proposed by A K Antony Minister of Defence 4 He stated that he had originally been compelled to create the PRP on a platform of fighting corruption and ensuring social justice but that Congress now had a good record of fighting corruption elsewhere 5 It was asserted by political observers that Chiranjeevi s move may have been prompted by his loss of support in the wake of his own strong anti Telangana stance in previous months 6 It was argued in the press that Chiranjeevi s move would particularly strengthen Congress hand in retaining the Kapu vote as the PRP had done particularly well among them 7 References Edit Chiranjeevi launches Praja Rajyam The Hindu Chennai India Press Trust of India 26 August 2008 Retrieved 26 August 2008 Gundimeda Sambaiah 2009 Dalits Praja Rajyam Party and Caste Politics in Andhra Pradesh Economic and Political Weekly 44 21 50 58 ISSN 0012 9976 Welcome to nginx eaa1a9e1db47ffcca16305566a6efba4 185 15 56 1 Archived from the original on 26 January 2013 Retrieved 7 June 2011 Praja Rajyam merges with Congress The Hindu Chennai India 7 February 2011 Archived from the original on 25 January 2013 After merging party with Congress Chiranjeevi attacks YS Rajasekhara Reddy PRP merger to have little impact on Telangana The Times of India 07 February 2011 Prasad Nichenametla Prasad amp Ashok Das Chiranjeevi to merge party with Cong Hindustan Times 6 February 2011 permanent dead link External links EditPrajarajyam party s meeting held in Rajahmundry 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