HYDERABAD: The Praja Rajyam is confident of winning at least 160 seats, thereby acquiring a clear majority i n the 294-strong Assembly and forming the next government in the State.
With political affairs committee member P Upendra today submitting to party supremo Chiranjeevi a list of candidates who were “going to win the elections’’, the latter declared with satisfaction that polling had gone according to expectations.
The star-turned-politician, who returned to the city on Saturday night after campaigning, was informally interacting at his residence with leaders P Upendra, Kotagiri Vidyadhara Rao, P Vinay Kumar and Umamalleswara Rao.
Among the notes they swapped was the Tirupati hotel room incident in which the party honcho’s room was searched.
Chiranjeevi said the episode had actually helped the party by increasing the polling percentage in the second phase. The people would give a clear mandate, the PRP president said and ruled out the possibility of a hung Assembly.
He claimed that the large turnout of women and youth spoke in favour of the PRP.
Chiranjeevi said there was no need for the PRP to support any party or to seek their help as the PRP was “going to get a clear majority’’. A meeting of the political affairs committee, in which special invitees would also participate, would be held at the party office tomorrow. Election matters would be thoroughly reviewed and a plan of action till declaration of results chalked out.
Chiranjeevi reportedly told the leaders who met him today that he would stay put in Hyderabad till the announcement of results and would attend the party office regularly.