youth who threw eggs at me

Sunday ho ya Monday, roz khao ande (whether it's Sunday or Monday, have eggs everyday), is not a slogan that Praja Rajyam Party chief Chiranjeevi is very fond of, particularly, after being at the receiving end of an egg last week.

But the actor-turned-politician, who played the lead in Sankardada Zindabad, the Telugu version of Lage Raho Munnabhai, is resorting to Gandhigiri in his political avatar as well.

"I am requesting my party workers not to pursue cases against the youth who threw eggs at me. I don't want their future to be spoilt, " said Chiranjeevi.

And taking inspiration from their leader, Chiranjeevi's partymen decided to do some Gandhigiri. They presented roses to Telangana Rashtra Samiti's activists, who had hurled eggs at the leader during his roadshow in Warangal district last week.

On their part, the TRS says Chiranjeevi is only resorting to gimmicks. "He has come from the film world so he will behave like a filmstar. It is his wish. But films and politics are different," said N Narasimha Reddy, TRS leader.

Chiranjeevi has compared himself to US President-Elect Barrack Obama asking people to vote for change. And it seems Gandhigiri is the actor's way to show he does not believe in an eye for an eye but instead it will be a rose for an egg.