youva rajayam

PR to harness youth power Special Correspondent Chiru addresses techies under the banner ‘DoIT’ Photo: G. Krishnaswamy MEGA SUPPORT: PR president Chiranjeevi at the ‘DoIT’ meeting on Sunday. HYDERABAD: Praja Rajyam president Chiranjeevi on Sunday said youth and women were important partners in the party’s efforts to ride to power. He was addressing an impressive gathering of techies under the banner of ‘DoIT’, an organisation fulfilling their corporate social responsibility and whose members he inspired since the formation of ‘Dynamites of IT’ in August 2008. The PR chief explained how he was inspired by former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and how there was a marked reluctance in youth to join politics. There was a need to inspire youngsters to become future leaders. In this endeavour, he would ensure that youth were motivated and recognised so that they could contribute to the State and country’s progress. Mr. Chiranjeevi played to the gallery, saying a major part of his life was in the cinema field. The rest was a phase where he would serve people, with youth directing him. There was thunderous applause when he said the party would harness youth power to take on opponents, who were supporting ‘rowdyism’ and stopping at nothing to achieve their ‘nefarious’ ends. Presenting a brief on DoIT’s activities, volunteer A. Raja Suresh Kumar, who is among the core group of 10 people behind the organisation, said since August last year over 10,000 professionals had come together to back Praja Rajyam.