In a typical unfolding of a celluloid action type drama, megastar-turned-politician Chiranjeevi on Friday managed to persuade Veeraballi Chenna Krishnaiah, the Kadapa advocate who had initiated moves to get a party by the name "Prajarajyam" registered with the Election Commission, to withdraw his application and pave the way for the genesis of Chiranjeevi's political outfit by the same name.

According to reliable sources Dr P Vinay, a surgeon who has emerged as a close aide of Chiranjeevi, took Krishnaiah to Nirvachan Sadan in New Delhi and thereafter the Kadapa advocate submitted a letter to the EC withdrawing his application at around 3 pm on Friday. "With this, the threat of hiccups in Chiranjeevi getting the name Prajarajyam for his party has been ironed out," an aide told TOI.

Earlier on in the day, an Election Commission official had told TOI that an application for the registration of a party by name 'Prajarajyam' filed by Krishnaiah was pending with them. "However, the application was in plain paper and not supported by relevant documents. We sent him a letter asking him to file the application in the proper format and with supporting documents. He has not responded to that yet," said the official.

But the entire episode was not without its political drama with the Congress and the opposition Telugu Desam party trying their best to woo Krishnaiah in order to destabilise Chiranjeevi's political plans. "On the outside, the Congress and the TDP may say they are not perturbed by Chiranjeevi's entry into politics. But by trying to woo Krishnaiah, they have admitted to the contrary," sources close to the actor said.

According to sources, while the Congress could not succeed in 'netting' the advocate from Lakireddypalli in Kadapa, the TDP did manage to whisk him to the party office here on Thursday night and planned to arrange a meeting of Krishnaiah with TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu. However, once they realised that he does not have a foolproof case, they dropped him.

Later, aides of Chiranjeevi managed to grab Krishnaiah and in talks between Allu Arvind and others and the advocate, the issue was clinched in Chiru's favour and the appointment with the EC in New Delhi where Krishnaiah would withdraw his application was scheduled for Monday.

Meanwhile, Krishnaiah himself remained incommunicado for the media throughout Friday and his family and friends in Lakireddypally too could not contact him. The advocate apparently had ties with the Lok Satta party as well as with the TDP through his relatives who were members of the main opposition party.

Chiru aides said their application for registration of the 'Prajarajyam' party has been filed with the EC and that the papers are in order. The application was filed on August 26, barely a few hours before the mega meeting at Tirupati. "We fulfilled all the requirements of the Election Commission. This includes the stipulated number of affidavits signed by party members. We have furnished all relevant documents and required affidavits," the sources said