Of foot in mouth and red faces

NEW DELHI - His candour is turning into an embarrassment for his Praja Rajyam Party. Scriptwriter, actor, director and Andhra Pradesh assembly aspirant Posani Krishna Murali leaving friends and foes red faced.

He is a close friend of Praja Rajyam president and superstar Chiranjeevi. His bitter attack on actor couple Rajasekhar and Jeevitha, who are campaigning for the Congress, has taken everyone by surprise.

But his own party men say Posani is putting his foot in the mouth. ‘I can’t pay you money or give liquor for being with me. Come if you want to see Chiranjeevi as chief minister or get lost,’ he reportedly told the party cadre.

‘I will pull Chiranjeevi’s collar if he asks me to distribute money,’ he said when somebody tried to convince him that he should spend some money to keep the cadre in good humour.