TIRUPATI: The temple town was carefully chosen as the launch pad of Chiranjeevi's party, keeping in mind the caste factor involved rather than the sentiment of Lord Venkateswara.
Unlike the Lord Venkateswara sentiment which film thespian and TDP founder N T Rama Rao espoused throughout his political career, Chiru chose the temple town also for the reason that Balijas (which is what Kapus are known in Rayalaseema) constitute a majority of the population in Tirupati. Nearly 62 per cent of Tirupati and about 70 per cent of Tirumala populace hail from this community . "Anything that is started at the foot of the Lord is said to be successful. Though this sentiment did weigh with Chiranjeevi, equally important is the large presence of Balijas here," an analyst said.
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