Call to make change
TAILEVU businessman Rajendra Prasad says he wants to be part of movement for change in Fiji.
And that is why he became a provisional candidate for the 2022 polls on The People’s Alliance ticket.
The 61-year-old supermarket owner said he grew up poor and understood the challenges grassroot people faced on a daily basis firsthand.
“I grew up in a poor home and went through many hardships but I never forgot where I came from,” he said.
“I see children and families struggling to make ends meet and I think back to my childhood and it becomes a driving factor to help the under-privileged in the community.”
Mr Prasad said he admired the confidence and stewardship of party leader Sitiveni Rabuka, which was one of the key reasons he chose The People’s Alliance party.
“The principle of this party is in accordance to what I believe the people of Fiji need.
“I told myself that when I turn 60, I will join politics and be in a party which best describes what I want for the people of Fiji.
“I believe this party listens well to the pleas of the people and I think Rabuka is the perfect person to lead.”
Mr Prasad is a member of the Surya Narayan Mandir and an ardent representative of the Sanatan movement in Tailevu.
He said his decision to step into politics was to serve the needs of the Fijian people.
“I believe that come December 14, we will set our country on a new direc
...We need action so it is our humble request to all the voters to become the wheel for change.
– Rajendra Prasad
tion – so vote wisely and make it count.
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time.
“We are the ones we’ve been waiting for and we are the change we seek.”
“To renew our prosperity and the warm nature of our country, we need action so it is our humble request to all the voters to become the wheel for change.”
Mr Prasad is originally from Naivicula Village, Wainibuka, in Tailevu with maternal links to Navukuta, Naloto.
He was born on August 1961 in Waidalice Korovou where he spent most of his childhood.
He attended Namalata District School, then known as Tailevu North College and completed Year 12 at the Queen Victoria School in 1980.
Mr Prasad obtained a diploma in hotel management at the School of Hotel and Catering in Suva and in the 90s opened his own business in Korovou Town which he still operates today called Wellcome Supermarket.