Chiranjeevi changed stand due to Mohan Babu

The Mohan Babu factor appears to have forced the Praja Rajyam chief, Mr K. Chiranjeevi, to change the party’s stand on Telangana, sources said.

Mohan Babu, who is the archrival of Chiranjeevi, supported the agitation for united Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday itself and vowed to take up deeksha in Tirupati from where Chiranjeevi was elected to the AP Legislative Assembly.

He went to Tirupati and participated in the deeksha on Thursday at SV Arts College. The PR leadership feared that Mohan Babu’s move would instigate more agitations in Tirupati where hundreds of PR activists were demanding Chiranjeevi’s resignation since all the other 16 MLAs quit the Assembly in support of a united AP. Till recently, Chiranjeevi was saying that he would not resign since he was representing all the regions as the PR president.

As soon as Mohan Babu announced that he would go to Tirupati, Chiranjeevi camp on Wednesday night indicated that the PR will change its stand on Telangana.