Hyderabad:Three Samajwadi Party leaders, including Amar Singh, today met the actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi here, triggering speculation about electoral alliance between them. The SP leaders drove to Praja Rajyam Party's office at Jubilee Hills here and spent over an hour with the actor. Though spokesman of Paraja Rajyam Party P Prabhakar described the meeting as a courtesy call, sources in the party said the SP leaders discussed about the political situation and contours of alliances at the national and state level. SP general secretary Singh congratulated Chiranjeevi for launching the party with social justice as its main agenda and said people like him should join politics. Jayaprada, a popular yesteryear heroine of Telugu cinema, was paired with Chiranjeevi in several films. The Telugu mega star also enjoys good rapport with Amitabh Bachchan and his family. Emerging from the meeting, Amar Singh, flanked by Jayaprada and Jaya Bachchan, said they had come to wish the actor good luck on his political endeavour. Amitabh Bachchan also was to come to wish Chiranjeevi. "Since he is out of the country, we have come here to extend our greetings to him. The two families have a long-standing personal relationship," Singh said and dodged all questions about political alliance. He said it was commendable that an impeccable actor like Chiranjeevi had decided to take a plunge into politics at a time when politics is vitiated with the entry of criminal elements.
Source : PTI