In a reversal of roles, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu left for vacation and Praja Rajyam Party (PRP) president Chiranjeevi is conducting review meetings with party leaders. The seasoned politician that he is, it is unusual that Naidu has taken a break at a time when party leaders are worried over the TDP’s prospects in the elections.
Naidu, who is known for conducting a series of review meetings and tele-conferences with party leaders, left for foreign countries along with his family. After the two-phase elections, Naidu briefly reviewed the party position with his leaders. He took a break from his routine and wanted to take rest in an undisclosed foreign location.
Contrary to expectations, starturned politician Chiranjeevi opted to stay in the city. He is busy with review meetings with party leaders over the performance of the party in the elections.
The meetings will continue till May 15. Naidu, who is eyeing the Chief Minister’s ‘gaddi’, will return to the city on May 8 and might start his regular business of review meetings with district leaders from May 9.
Despite the talk that Naidu may play the ‘king-maker’ in national politics, he is away from the country, while, Chiranjeevi, who is expected to emerge as a ‘king-maker’ in State politics is busy conducting meetings.

It was with great hype and hoopla that it was recently announced about the success of the Praja Rajyam Party. Apparently, their internal surveys had shown a whopping 200 plus seats along with twenty plus Lok Sabha seats for megastar Chiranjeevi and his men. But then all that seems to be a farce of sorts as per the latest records.

There is news that the Telugu Desam Party is standing next to Congress when it comes to popularity rankings and public preferences while PRP has lost its second position as it was proclaimed earlier. Experts say that the reason for all this is the assumption of the PRP folks that the charisma of Chiru alone will get things going.

What they don't realize is that till date, PRP has not come out with a concrete agenda or a plan that will give direction and vision to the people who want to support the party. Moreover, the appeal of Chiranjeevi has been good enough for the crowd to come and feel his presence but the truth is about 40% of them are coming just to have a look at Chiru and they cannot be looked at vote banks.