Pawan Kalyan’s volte-face: Openly defends return to acting in Gudivada

Gudivada (Andhra Pradesh), Dec 28 : In a volte-face of sorts, actor-politician and Janasena party founder Pawan Kalyan opened up about his return to movie acting, on Monday. He had declared earlier that he was giving up acting for public service.
Drawing an analogy between himself and several politicians who engage in business and trade as well as a career in politics, Kalyan tried to defend his stance.
“What (political opponents) they say whenever they talk. They say I am doing movies and politics. Yes, are they doing service to the country?” claimed Kalyan at a roadshow in Krishna district’s Gudivada town.
He attacked Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy in innuendo-laced statements that he doesn’t own cement factories, mining operations, newspapers and others.
“They don’t have thousands of crores (of rupees). All the politicians are like Mahatma Gandhi. Poor people, they don’t have money. They are doing politics by just wearing a dothi,” mocked the actor.
He criticized his opponents that they can allegedly plunder thousands of crores of rupees but make it an issue when he acts in movies.