What is Dr Puchalapalli Mitra, scion of iconic Marxist leader Puchalapalli Sundarayya up to ?.Dr Mitra, as he is popularly known has suddenly emerged on political limelight after he parted ways with Chiranjeevi and Praja Rajyam in 2009. He is a physician by profession and social activist. His days in Lok Satta and later Praja Rajyam had brought a new vision and fresh lease of idealism for AP politics lost under clouds of film glamour of NTR and political chicanery of Chandrababu Naidu.
Dr Mitra comments on the ongoing political turmoil in the state at Saturdays L B stadium meeting has come as shocker to political and intelligence circles. ‘His speech was on lines of Anna Hazare says the IB in its report. Is Mitra launching another political movement ahead of 2014 polls or his attempt to way of seeking public apology for having supported a turn coat like Chiranjeevi who finally landed up in Congress, are some of the points raised in the govt reports .
More so police are racking their head as to how they failed to notice him on the dias and the crowds , though the intelligence had listed him as one of the likely speakers at the Saturdays meeting. He is off and on political platform and hence though we have information about invitation to him, we failed to make note of which Dr.Mitra, he would be , said a senior police officia.