HYDERABAD: In his first public appearance after launching the Praja Rajyam last month, Telugu superstar-turned-politician Chiranjeevi on Saturday met weavers and their families in an Andhra Pradesh district and promised to solve their problems if his party was voted to power.His surprise visit to the handloom weaving centre in Sircilla town in Karimnagar was significant as it has witnessed a spate of suicides by weavers during last few years. As many as 400 weavers committed suicide in the town during last one decade. Chiranjeevi described as heart-rending the plight of weavers and said paying compensation to their families was not a solution to their problems. He promised to ensure that weavers get the work to feed their families. "Gandhiji had once said that handloom weaving will usher in a revolution but today it is unfortunate that weavers are forced to end their lives," he said, adding that Sircilla had become synonymous with suicides. The actor promised that if voted to power his party would ensure that weavers from Sircilla don’t have to migrate to other states and other countries for jobs.
Sources said that Chiranjeevi has planned a few more surprise visits. His visit could be either to a social welfare hostel, a residential school, hospital or to a village where farmers were facing problems getting fertilizer. Mr. Chiranjeevi is said to be keen on ensuring that his visits do not send out a wrong message about his party’s views on Andhra Pradesh as being either ‘integrationist or separatist”. It is likely that his next such surprise visit will be to a remote village in the Rayalaseema region, followed by another quick trip to some place in the coastal districts, most probably a flood-affected area. There has been some discussion on the subject of Mr. Chiranjeevi’s surprise visits in the party’s core committee meetings. However, Saturday’s visit to Sircilla created a flutter in party circles and it did not appear to have gone well with senior leaders who migrated to the PR from other parties. Unwilling to be quoted though, some leaders said the party presidents’ public appearance on Saturday was like giving a head start to PR aspirants from the Telangana region when it came to elections (Hindu)
Sources said that Chiranjeevi has planned a few more surprise visits. His visit could be either to a social welfare hostel, a residential school, hospital or to a village where farmers were facing problems getting fertilizer. Mr. Chiranjeevi is said to be keen on ensuring that his visits do not send out a wrong message about his party’s views on Andhra Pradesh as being either ‘integrationist or separatist”. It is likely that his next such surprise visit will be to a remote village in the Rayalaseema region, followed by another quick trip to some place in the coastal districts, most probably a flood-affected area. There has been some discussion on the subject of Mr. Chiranjeevi’s surprise visits in the party’s core committee meetings. However, Saturday’s visit to Sircilla created a flutter in party circles and it did not appear to have gone well with senior leaders who migrated to the PR from other parties. Unwilling to be quoted though, some leaders said the party presidents’ public appearance on Saturday was like giving a head start to PR aspirants from the Telangana region when it came to elections (Hindu)
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