Hyderabad: Sircilla is a village near Hyderabad that witnessed as many as 45 suicides in the last 9 months, but it got noticed by rest of the country only after actor-politician Chiranjeevi visited it recently Since then there has been a stream of political visitors to this village . “Its only after Chiranjeevi went there the entire state and political parties woke up and took note of it,” says Party Spokesperon, Prajarajyam, Prabhakar Offers of support are now pouring in when another weaver Cherla Srinivas ended his life his widow did not have to wait long for help “After my husbands death, Chiranjeevi, Congress and Telugu Desam party came to help me,” says, Swaroopa This spirit of competition is seen not just in offering help but also in claiming credit and in blaming each other
“Chiranjeevi shouldn’t make statements based on newspaper reports. He should know the truth I have taken a serious note of suicides. Will do everything possible to prevent it,” says YS Rajashekhar Reddy The villagers however are not too impressed. They fear that the sudden surge in compensation would actually encourage more suicides among the debt-ridden weavers. The Congress is contemplating a loan waiver for these weavers. While the other political parties of Andhra Pradesh, including the recently launched Prajarajyam are making a beeline for this much-ignored area almost competing with each other to give out compensations. But for the weavers here, it’s always been a little too late.
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Praja Rajyam 