Telugu star Pawan Kalyan to contest Assembly polls

VIJAYAWADA: Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan has announced that he would contest the Assembly election in 2019. Addressing a public rally in Anantapuramu, he said, "I don't know if I will win or not, whether you will vote for me or not. But I will continue my fight for you. I will always stand by you and fight for people's problems." The rally was a part of the party's programme to gain support for the cause of special category status to the state. He said he would contest for an MLA seat, but did not mention if Jana Sena would field other candidates as well. Kalyan said he sought an appointment with the Prime Minister to discuss the special category statues issue, also criticising Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu and YS Chowdhary on the "special package" they claimed to have achieved for AP. "Your package is like a paper plane. It doesn't fly," he said.