Aggressive Protests Will Not Get Special Status: Pawan Kalyan

Janasena chief Power Star Pawan Kalyan said violent protests for the special status for Andhra Pradesh would yield no result.He asked people rather to wait for some more time for the Centre's decision on special status. After a prolonged meeting with the Chief Minister N. Chandrababu in Vijayawada on Thursday, the actor-leader said instead of staging dharnas and gheraos, "We can get result only when we go about systematically." Eluding the question about "what is that systematic way," he said the Centre never denied the demand for special status and he will definitely announce a program when the final decision comes. He also said there's no deadline for the Centre to announce its final decision.

He said his meeting with Chandrababu Naidu was only to congratulate him on making Amaravati foundation laying a big success. He could not attend the function as he had shooting in Gujarat.

On land acquisition issue, Pawan Kalyan said the Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu is very considerate about this and will force farmers to give up their lands. He said the CM also assured him on the safety of tribals in bauxite mining areas and no tribal will be displaced.

Asked about his party's participation in the upcoming Greater Hyderabad Municipal Commission (GMHC) elections, the power star said he has no money to contest elections at the moment. "Not just people's faith is enough, we need money. But we will become active by the 2019 elections," he concluded.