Megastar turned Union tourism minister crossed the borders for winning MP seat.Chiranjeevi’s name is doing the rounds as the likely Congress nominee from Chikkaballapur Lok Sabha constituency for upcoming elections.
National media reported today that Congress wants to field Chiranjeevi from Chikballapur Loksabha segment, near Bangalore, Karnataka, where Telugu population is quite high.
The sitting MP and Union petroleum minister M Veerappa Moily’s name did not figure in the first list has lent credence to the news.
Chikballapur is close to Andhra Pradesh border and has a large number of Telugu speakers.In 2009, Moily won from Chikballapur because of the then chief minister, YSR Reddy’s backing.Reddy had extensively campaigned for him.Earlier Chiru campaigned in Karnataka constituencies to propel Congress contestants of Congress party and he succeeded to a high.
This year the opposition BJP has already fielded a local strongman and former Karnataka minister BN Bachche Gowda.The JDS is likely to field former CM HD Kumaraswamy’s wife Anitha Kumaraswamy from the same seat.
Karnataka State Congress sources claim that Moily is not interested in taking on very strong opponents hence they opted Chiranjeevi.
