Praja Rajyam State panel set up

Praja Rajyam State panel set up

Veteran leaders figure in Political Affairs Committee

HYDERABAD: Six months after actor-turned-politician K. Chiranjeevi made public the formation of Praja Rajyam, the party announced its Andhra Pradesh committee with 5 vice-presidents and 11 general secretaries.

Also, there would be a 14-member Political Affairs Committee, a 9-member committee for administration, four spokespersons and 9 working committees, said spokesman P. Mitra at a press conference here on Saturday. A total of 47 people were named. Political Affairs Committee members are former Union Ministers P. Shivshankar and P. Upendra, Ch. Harirama Jogaiah, Kotagiri Vidyadhara Rao, Kala Venkata Rao, Yelamanchili Sivaji, former IAS officer KSR Murthy, Katti Padma Rao, MP C. Ramachandraiah, Gyanendra Reddy, Devisetty Srinivas, Kanakarao Madiga, Rajamouli and Ramachandra Naik.

While C. Nagaraju, a staunch aide was named treasurer, the vice-presidents include former police officer C. Anjaneya Reddy, Reddaiah Yadav, Puttapaga Radhakrishna and Khaleel Basha. The general secretaries include Dr. P. Mitra, Tammineni Seetaram, Sobha Nagi Reddy, P. Vinay, Jalli Siddayya. One vice-president and two general secretaries are yet to be named. The State committee for administration has four general secretaries: Allu Aravind (Administration & Planning), Parakala Prabhakar (Media Relations), K.V. Rao (Presidential Affairs) and K. Kanna Babu (Coordination & Public Relations). Kumar Koneru and Srinath were named president’s secretaries, with Radhakrishna as office secretary, apart from two secretaries, Vikram (Research & Planning) and M. Satti Babu (Media). The 4 official spokespersons are P.L. Mahender, Goka Sridhar, Vasireddy Padma and Gowtham. Of the 9 working committees, the heads of three of them were named on Saturday. They are: Harirama Jogaiah, former IAS officer Thota Chandrasekhar and Gangayya Naidu.

Women’s panels

Also, Mahila Rajyam committees were announced in six districts including Anantapur, Guntur, Nellore, Nizamabad, Kadapa and Medak.