Hyderabad: V. Vijayasai Reddy, the former Rajya Sabha member of YSR Congress (YSRC), announced the launch of a “new” political outfit, the Parivartan Rajniti Party, amidst a handful of people at a convention centre in Vijayawada on Wednesday.
Vijayasai Reddy, who has been facing serious charges of corruption and money laundering framed by the Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate, was roasted on social media for many reasons, including his party’s agenda — turning Andhra Pradesh into a corruption-free state. Vijayasai Reddy’s borrowing of the acronym PRP from actor Chiranjeevi’s Praja Rajyam Party as well as the party’s agenda of social justice, besides the septuagenarian equating himself with Gen Z were also ridiculed.
Reacting to his slogan “It is our turn now. The young will lead Andhra,” a Gen Z user quipped, “Thatha, nuvvu youth enti (grandpa, how could you be a youth).”
The Election Commission of India (ECI) records also show that the accused in financial fraud borrowed the very name of the party, leave alone acronym, from an existing registered unrecognised political party from Delhi. So far, the Parivartan Rajniti Party, with its registered office in Mayur Vihar, New Delhi, gave a ticket to a fifth dropout to contest from the Rishivandiyam Assembly Constituency in Tamil Nadu in the recent elections, and the candidate got 291 votes. This also drew sarcastic comments on whether Vijayasai Reddy could secure more votes.
Interestingly, the mainstream political parties in the state, primarily Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s Telugu Desam and Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy’s the YSRC, apparently realising how significant the new outfit is, chose not to react at all. “He may try to equate himself with Naidu and Jagan in his speech, but it is for everyone’s knowledge that he is persona non grata the moment he quit our party,” said a YSRC leader, who does not want to be quoted.
The strongest and rather apt reaction, however, came from popular preacher-turned-politician K.A. Paul with whom Vijayasai Reddy was earlier compared by veteran YSRC leader Botsa Satyanarayana.
“Parivartan (change) should begin with Vijayasai Reddy himself. Let him first distribute lakhs of crores of rupees he looted from people to the needy and then he can talk about Parivartan,” Paul said.
Describing Vijayasai Reddy as a “BJP agent”, Paul questioned the duplicity of a former MP, who at the time of quitting the Rajya Sabha announced retirement from politics. Fan clubs of the TD and the YSRC, on the other hand, traded accusations against each other, with each side calling him an agent of the other party.
Born to a small farmer in Nellore district (as revealed by himself), Vijayasai Reddy went on to become chartered accountant and later “primary financial architect to Jagan Mohan Reddy.” The YSRC supremo gave unlimited powers to Vijayasai Reddy both in the party and later in the government affairs even at the cost of damage to both.
However, within six months of Jagan Mohan Reddy losing power, the A2 in all the former chief minister’s cases ditched him and to impress the BJP, he resigned from the Rajya Sabha paving way for election of BC leader R. Krishnaiah on a BJP ticket from the vacated seat.
On Wednesday, in his half an hour speech, Vijayasai Reddy did not utter a word against the BJP or the Jana Sena. “He is desperately trying to project that he had the blessings of our top leadership which is false. In fact, all this tamasha comes in the backdrop of CBI and ED expediting the trial against him,” said a BJP leader.
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