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Monday, Jul 26, 2004

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

CM floors them casually!

By Our Correspondent

UTNOOR (ADILABAD DT.), JULY 25. The Chief Minister, Y.S. Rajashekhara Reddy's informal approach won the hearts of people as he arrived under overcast skies here by a helicopter at 10 am on Sunday to undertake his `Rajiv Palle Bata' in Adilabad district.

The atmosphere at the KB Complex, venue of his first public meeting in the district, was more convivial in contrast to the former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu's meetings, which used to be overladen with formality.

No wait for help

Dr. Rajasekhara Reddy himself adjusted the unwieldy microphones at the lectern instead of waiting for help. He picked out banners from the crowd being displayed by different organisations and people demanding various things.

Noting down the grievances on the banner he talked about them individually during his speech. He made the exercise look like he was indulging in interpersonal communication. At Indervelli, a mandal headquarters, the Chief Minister launched into Hindi, which was liked by the crowd.

In response to a demand made by the Indervelli citizens for an irrigation tank (Chikman tank), Dr. Rajashekhara Reddy said: "Tumhara taalaab nirman karenge.'' (we will construct your tank).

He followed it up with an endearing "Theek hai na meri Hindi bhasha" (is my language correct?)

Colour composition

As the yellow of the Telugu Desam Party gave way to the white pink of the Congress-Telangana Rashtra Samiti combine, the composition on the dais too changed. The new composition on the dais was Labour Minister G. Vinod, TRS Adilabad MP T. Madhusudan Reddy and MLAs A. Govind Naik (Khanapur) and Soyam Bapu Rao (Boath) and Narayan Rao Patel (Mudhole) and Conrgess MLAs C. Ramchander Reddy (Adilabad), A. Indrakaran Reddy (Nirmal), N. Diwakar Rao (Luxettipet) and Koneru Konappa (Sirpur).

The `kala jathas' or cultural troupes performing at such functions too changed their tunes. During the TDP rule the locally famous Velugu kala jatha used to sing and dance about the use of hi-tech for development. On Sunday, this kala jatha was heard singing and dancing about the welfare of farmers.

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