Desaraju Surya Hyderabad: They romanced Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi in reel life but have been spitting venom on him in real life. Actresses-turned-politicians-Vijaya Santhi and R K Roja are now apparently leaving no occasion to lash out at Chiranjeevi, who launched his Praja Rajyam Party last month. Vijaya Santhi paired with Chiranjeevi in as many as 18 films, the maximum any heroine has done with him, while Roja starred in two films opposite the Telugu Mega Star. After having sailed with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for many years, Vijaya Santhi floated her own political outfit Talli Telangana Party a couple of years ago espousing the separate statehood cause. Roja is now heading Telugu Mahila, the womens wing of Telugu Desam Party (TDP). Both have been taking a dig at Chiranjeevi ever since he jumped into active politics by launching his own party. "How can one expect a man, who has done nothing for the welfare of the film industry workers, to work for the welfare of the people at large," wondered Roja, firing her first salvo at Chiranjeevi soon after he formally made his political entry. Vijaya Santhi, on the other hand, took a dig at the megastar for failing to come out with a clear stand on the Telangana issue. "He is trying to hoodwink people on Telangana," she had said. After Chiranjeevi undertook his first mass contact programme by meeting handloom weavers in Sircilla on Saturday, Roja unleashed a fresh round of attack on the former by dubbing the trip as a mere vote-garnering exercise.
Source : PTI