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.
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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.
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