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Chiranjeevi's low profile till eclipse Mohammed Siddique in Hyderabad | August 15, 2008 00:00 IST His camp has already announced that Chiranjeevi will announce his party's name in a media conference on August 17. "The date has been fixed in consultations with the astrologers. They have asked him not to do it before the lunar eclipse as it will be a bad omen," sources said. Meanwhile Chiranjeevi's younger brother and Telugu film star Pavan Kalyan said that he has no intention of contesting the elections and will work only as an ordinary worker of the party. The first public meeting of Chiranjeevi in Tirupati on August 16 will be attended by an estimated 10 lakh people he said adding that the party will have ten thousand trained workers to maintain order at the meeting. The party has also put in place a team of 20 trained private commandos to provide security to the star during his public appearances. "Once Chiranjeevi announces the executive committee of his party, the six member core committee will cease to exist", Pavan Kalyan said. Interestingly core committee mostly has the family members. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||