The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Vijayawada News : It is more than a farce

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It is more than a farce

Students have a fascination for politicians and leaders who make news every day for good and bad reasons.

The heat-generating issues like demand for Telangana never fail to stir up their imagination. Engineering and business management students, who participated in Synergy literary meet organised by Felines and Career Launcher on Sunday, gave a spirited response to the mock press conducted on the theme `Telangana'. Students donning the roles of Vijayashanti, K. Chandrasekhar Rao and K. Keshava Rao had a difficult time fielding questions. Hilarity marked the competition, as audience took delight in grilling whether Vijaya Shanti joined politics due to diminishing film prospects and whether KCR raked up the issue for wresting control over Hyderabad.

Thanks to the efforts of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), cricket is no more a game. It is a product. Keen on cashing in on the cricket craze, new cricket associations are springing up in Vijayawada with minor changes in the format. Krishna District Super Cricket Association and Krishna District Tennis Ball Cricket Association were formed a few years ago and now one more association - Krishna District Best-20 Cricket Association was launched with the son of a local MLA as president.

The enthusiasm demonstrated in forming a new club was conspicuous by its absence in careful designing of letterheads.

The press note, which was released to the local media, had a glaring mistake with "cricket" being spelt as "circket" in its masthead of the press release. What could be the accuracy of the game conducted by them is anybody's guess.

Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal did not hesitate to admit that he had no coins in his pocket.

He was told that it was good luck to toss a coin into the waters at Sagarasangamam, the point where river Krishna meets the sea.

Zilla Parishad Chairman Kukkala Nageswara Rao came to his rescue and gave him a one-rupee coin.

Addressing a gathering later, the MP said he was overwhelmed by the experience and offered to ask his mother, a pious woman, Rs 1 lakh for the construction of a temple for Krishnaveni matha at the scenic location.

Minister for Sports and Cultural Affairs M. Satyanarayana Rao who spoke subsequently hauled up Mr. Nageswara Rao for giving the one-rupee coin.

"If you gave a two-rupee coin he would have asked his mother for Rs 2 lakhs," he quipped.

J. R. Shridharan and G. V. Ramana Rao in Vijayawada

G. Ravikiran, J. R. Shridharan and G. V. Ramana Rao in Vijayawada

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