Chiru Praja Rajyam in for name trouble

Hyderabad Aug. 28: Superstar Chiranjeevi had announced the name of his political party, Praja Rajayam, with much relish but it turns out that Mr Chenna Krishnaiah, an advocate of Kadapa, had filed an application with the Election Commission seeking the same name for his party three months ago. Chiranjeevi, however, exuded confidence that he would get the name and his crisis managers, Dr Mitra and Mr Allu Aravind, went into a huddle to sort out the issue. They also had a talk with the EC officials. The EC can use its discretion to decide on the issue and can even hold a hearing with both the applicants. Meanwhile, EC sources said the application submitted by Chiranjeevi for registration of Praja Rajyam was riddled with errors. Instead of the mandatory 100 signatories, it only has 88. Neither does it have photocopies of the electoral identity cards of the members.