Hyderabad

Ugadi, the Telugu New Year, raises interest among people for the ‘Panchanga Sravanam’ (Almanac reading) or what’s in store for them for the year ahead. Political predictions by Vedic pundits are also keenly followed by people.

As expected, the pundits hired by different political parties for the Panchanga Sravanam at their party offices threw up what was needed to boost their confidence. The Congress, BRS and BJP celebrated Ugadi at their respective party offices on Sunday, and also held the Panchanga Sravanam. The predictions were customised to suit the parties if the content was any indication.

At Ravindra Bharathi, where Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and other Ministers participated, the Vedic pundit predicted that the State would do good as the intentions of the ‘rulers’ were also good. He also predicted good rains in Telangana. At Gandhi Bhavan, where TPCC president Mahesh Kumar Goud participated, the pundit’s predictions were in tune with the Congress party’s wishes.

At the BRS office, party working president K.T. Rama Rao participated in a special puja on Ugadi. The pundit there predicted favourable days ahead for the party. He went on to say that BRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao would become the Chief Minister again as his stars were in the right position. He will be in good health as well.

Predictions at the Telangana BJP office puja, where State BJP chief and Union Coal Minister G. Kishan Reddy was the chief guest, saw the Vedic pundit praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP. He said that the BJP is the strongest and the country is safe in the hands of the party.