Hyderabad: Calling the Praja Rajyam Party a ‘visha vruksham’ (a poisonous tree), Parakala Prabhakar, the spokesperson of the party, stepped down from the party on Thursday.
Addressing a press conference at the PRP office on Thursday, Prabhakar said he had expected the party to strive for clean politics but never imagined that the roots of the party were steeped in corruption. He said he couldn’t cheat people, or himself, any more by continuing to associate with an avanchaneeya shakti (an undesirable power center).
Prabhakar, a Harvard scholar who anchore a popular show on ETV2, said, “The Praja Rajyam’s talk of samajika nyayam and bringing in change is a sham. Praja Rajyam party nythika pattalu thappina oka avanchaneeya shakti.”
He said he had come to the realization that he did not have the ability to stem the rot in the party and therefore had decided it was his responsibility to bare the truth to the world.
Stating that lakhs of fans adored Chiranjeevi, he said, “There are certain undesirable elements in the party. They have cheated people. What face do we have now? Can we now look in their eyes and say we did justice to them?” On allegations that Chiranjeevi’s brother-in-law Allu Aravind had sold party tickets to the highest bidders, he said, “Those allegations are not unfounded. They are believable. I cannot rule them out.”
Prabhakar’s exit comes close on the heels of the resignation of vice-president C Anjaneya Reddy and Krishna district PRP member Dr G Samaram. Dozens of leaders have quit the PRP in the last two weeks to protest the manner in which nominations were given for Assembly and Lok Sabha polls. Sources said another senior adviser of the party, Dr P Mitra is also in line for an exit.
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