Chiru Political entry

Source TOI:HYDERABAD: Despite the fans getting restive and the media losing interest, the Hamletian dilemma that the family of megastar Chiranjeevi is displaying over the star entering politics surfaced yet again on Saturday. Allu Arvind, Chiranjeevi's brother-in-law, said he 'hopes' that Chiranjeevi will make an announcement about his political plans in August this year.

Arvind stated this to a few fans and the media at Geeta Arts, the producer's office at Jubilee Hills on Saturday afternoon. Under the banner of Chirajneevi National Trade Union Congress, the fans had taken out a 'shanti yatra' from Ambedkar statue at Tank Bund to Geeta Arts. "I think Chiranjeevi honours those who are coming out in support of him and join politics. However, the megastar is not someone who will take emotional decisions just like that. He does a lot of thinking before making one. I hope he announces in August," Arvind said. Arvind's utterances triggered speculations whether Chiranjeevi would finally take the political plunge on August 15, Independence Day, or August 22, his birthday. However, the merry-go-round being enacted by the Chiranjeevi family is beginning to take its toll. "Chiranjeevi says Arvind will announce his political decisions, but the brother-in-law is as vague as the star himself," said one dejected fan.

Many wonder that if this is the indecision Chiranjeevi is displaying on the issue of entering politics, how much time he will take to make administrative and political decisions, if he enters the political game. "Take a decision of entering politics and make the plunge, or else say that you have no political ambitions. The star cannot keep the fans, the public and the media hanging forever," said one political leader.

The delay by Chiranjeevi in taking a decision is undoing his own Kapu community as well. Many members of the community are alleging that the megastar's family members are taking him away from the community and making him a captive of political and commercial interests. "Without the Kapu community, Chiranjeevi will become a political zero. If he wants to represent the weaker sections who are craving for political and social justice, the megastar should first snap ties with the dominant communities," said a Kapu leader.

Chiranjeevi's loyalists insist that the delay is because the megastar is weighing all the options and holding talks with a wide variety of people and experts. "But how long is the wait going to be? It seems Chiranjeevi is not aware of the story of the boy and the tiger. The boy fooled the people twice by saying that a tiger was coming to the village when there was no such animal. The third time around, a real tiger surfaced but nobody heeded the boy's warning. At this rate, this is what may happen to Chiranjeevi as well," one leader lamented.