The Praja Rajyam on Thursday announced the constitution of a District Programmes State Coordination Committee with senior leaders P. Upendra, T. Devender Goud and C. Ramachandraiah as members.

At a press conference, Mr. Goud said the apex body of the party would interact with district in-charges and observers.

Convener

Also, in what is the first step, keeping the impending elections to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in mind, the party named Kattela Srinivas Yadav as convener of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation unit of the party.

Mr. Yadav is currently joint convenor of the party, he was also an aspirant for the Sanathnagar Assembly ticket.

The zonal convenors have been asked to come up with 10 names of leaders to be taken on board, as members of the zonal committees before July 10, while the 5-member division committees for the 150 divisions in the GHMC will be finalised by July 18. After final scrutiny, Mr. Chiranjeevi will finalise the GHMC committee by July 20, he said. Drawing inputs from them, the three-member committee would compile lists of leaders to take the party forward in its endeavour to strengthen its infrastructure down to the mandal-level.

The list would then be forwarded to the party president, after which fresh district committees were expected to be constituted.

Mr. Ramachandraiah said five zonal convenors too were named. They are: Mekala Sarangapani (North), Md. Feroz Khan (South), Sama Ranga Reddy (East), Govind Ashok (Central) and Madaram Narsinga Rao (West). Each zone will have five-member committees, including the convener.