Mr. Pawan Kalyan, the JanaSena Party President is on a tour to Anantapur, starting from the 12th of April, Tuesday.

During his tour, Mr. Pawan Kalyan would provide financial assistance to farmers who have committed suicide in Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh.  The actor-turned-politician arrived at Puttaparthi airport at 9:00 A.M., today and left for Cheruvu village.  He met with the families of farmers who committed suicide due to financial crisis and expressed his condolences and provided a cheque of Rs. 1 lakh to each family.

In the region, Mr. Pawan Kalyan met several families of the farmers who ended their lives amid the burden of debt and financial crisis and assured them of financial assistance from the JanaSena Party.  Later, he visited another tenant farmer’s family at Gotluru village in Dharmavaram rural Mandal.  Thereafter, he will visit Pulakunta in Anantapur rural Mandal, where a young tenant farmer died by suicide 20 days ago. After consoling the bereaved family, he will hand over a cheque for Rs. 1 lakh to the victim’s kin.

After visiting the families of the farmers, Mr. Pawan Kalyan is scheduled to participate in the Rachchabanda program, in Munnila village.

Notably, the JanaSena Party launched this yatra to create awareness about the farmers committing suicide and providing them financial assistance.

As per sources, A total of 1,019 tenant farmers died by suicide in 2019-2020 and 889 in 2020-2021.   In Godavari districts, 87 debt-ridden tenant farmers resorted to the extreme step.  Among tenant farmers who committed suicide under the YSRC government, 27% of them were women. 

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