Will Superstar win over Megastar

Making quick moves to counter any possible impact of Chiranjeevi’s ‘Praja Ankita Yatra’, the Congress party appears to be gearing up to utilise the image of super star Krishna and his son Mahesh Babu. Mahesh Babu has considerable fan following among the youth. It is being said that the father-son duo will embark on a tour of the state to campaign about the welfare measures taken up by the government like Rs 2-a-kg rice, old age pensions, Arogyasri and NREGS. 
 
Lending credence to this, Krishna, along with his wife Vijaya Nirmala, launched the membership drive of the ‘Krishna-Mahesh Sena’ on Sunday. He gave a clarion call to his fans to work for the victory of chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy. Krishna’s political call to the fans at a time when Chiranjeevi is attracting huge crowds is seen as the Congress move to neutralise the latter’s movie glamour. Soon TDP is also going to join the race with Balakrishna, Jr NTR, Kalyanram and Tarakratna.
 
Addressing a combined gathering of Krishna and Mahesh fans, Krishna, for the first time, made a direct political appeal that it was his duty to support a chief minister who was taking up unprecedented measures for the welfare of the people. He urged the fans to support him in this “gigantic endeavour” of campaigning for the YSR government. 
 
Justifying his support to YSR, Krishna said he had entered politics when YSR was the PCC president in 1984.   “Motto of my fans is ‘people’s welfare’ and motto of YSR is ‘people’s well being,’ and it is this aspect which has brought me close to Congress now,” Krishna told his fans and urged them to play an active role in creating awareness among the people about the welfare schemes launched by the government.
 

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