Past rulers neglected Anantapur dist: Pawan

Kadiri (Anantapur): Jana Sena president and film actor Pawan Kalyan as part of his mass contact programme, interacted with people and farmers at the Indira Circle in the town on Sunday morning.

Addressing a gathering of people and his fans, Pawan Kalyan said that the district was long neglected by rulers of the past. No permanent measures had been taken by successive governments of the past for tackling poverty and drought conditions.

He said that interactions with farmers revealed that while drought ruled the roost for several years in the district even when the farmers reaped a good harvest, remunerative prices for their produce were not paid due to the dubious role of middlemen.

He stated that he was trying to meet local leaders of the ruling party and eliciting their views on development of the district and on completion of irrigation projects. The farmers of the district were echoing only one demand that is drinking water to villages and irrigation to their crops.

He also reiterated his plan to take train load of people including experts who can speak on the district to Delhi for meeting the Prime Minister and apprising him of the precarious conditions in the district.

He said that everywhere people were asking him as to which political party he would support. He replied that he would support those who stand by the people. Also he would contest from a constituency in the district suggested by the people.

He said that he would even apply his mind on the women trafficking issue and try to find solutions to the issue. Earlier, Jana Sena president Pawan Kalyan was greeted by his fans and followers en route to Kadiri from Anantapur town. He stopped at several places and waved to the people.

Earlier in the day, Pawan Kalyan met Woman and Child Welfare Minister Paritala Sunitha at her residence in the town and discussed about problems of the people including the status of Handri-Neeva project.

Irrigation engineers who were present with the Minister explained to the Jana Sena chief on the status of works and also the quantum of Krishna waters the district received. Local MLA Prabhakar Choudhury also met Pawan and interacted with him.

Replying to a reporter's question while coming out of the Minister's house, Pawan said that he has no differences with the Minister or for that matter with anyone. He had only come to seek the Minister's support for solving the problems of the farmers and the people.

Pawan travelling in an open top jeep stopped at S K University, Mudigubba village and at places where his convoy was stopped by enthusiastic fans.

He also had a darshan of Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple in Kadiri and departed for Puttaparthi for visiting the samadhi of Sathya Sai Baba. The Jana Sena president will visit Dharmavaram on Monday and interact with weavers community.