09:47 (IST) Andhra Pradesh would have been granted special status if UPA was in power: Karnataka Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao If UPA had been in power #SpecialStatusForAP was a given. Sad to see the state suffer due to indifference of the Modi Govt.We stand by the people of Andhra in their fight for justice. https://t.co/gcBhysymZE Dinesh Gundu Rao (@dineshgrao) March 6 2018
Amaravati: BJP President Amit Shah on Friday spoke to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu over phone hours after his Telugu Desam Party decided to intensify its fight over the Centre not honouring the commitments made to the state.Mr Shah rang up the TDP chief and invited him for talks over the commitments made at the time of bifurcation of the state. Mr Naidu conveyed to the BJP chief that he will send a delegation led by the central minister Sujana Chowdary.According to TDP sources Mr Naidu made it clear that there will be no compromise on the commitments made in Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014. He conveyed to Mr Shah that the TDP s fight is not against the BJP but for the justice to the state.The BJP President called up Naidu a couple of hours hours after TDP Parliamentary Party meeting chaired by Naidu decided to step up the fight over the raw deal meted out to the state in Union Budget 2018-19. The TDP a partner in BJP-led NDA government at the Centre had stalled proceedings in Parliament during the first leg of the budget session and it is gearing up to continue the protest in the second leg beginning next week.TDP MP Galla Jayadev told reporters after the meeting that if the Finance Bill is not amended to make allocations to the state to fulfil the commitments the party will oppose it.Mr Jayadev said since the Centre had promised to extend all assistance under the special package the TDP had agreed for the same but as nothing has been done so far they were pressing for their original demand of special category status. The MP said the party decided to take the issue to the national level by writing letters to all the parties their floor leaders and MPs. If necessary we will go to the court said the Lok Sabha member.Meanwhile Andhra Pradesh State Planning Commission Vice-Chairman Kutumba Rao who along with TDP MP Rammohan Naidu met Amit Shah in Delhi on Thursday said the talks were disappointing.He said instead of mooting a formula as assured by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Amit Shah asked them to present their formula. Kutumba Rao the state had already made its demands clear and hence the Centre should respond to them instead of asking it to present a formula. CommentsClose X The TDP has been demanding that the Centre make financial allocations to the state to fulfil the commitments made to Andhra Pradesh at the time of its bifurcation in 2014 to carve out Telangana state.Stating that residuary state of Andhra Pradesh suffered huge loss due to the division the TDP is urging the Centre to handhold the state till it comes up at par with other southern states.
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: March 2 2018 5:07 pm Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu. (Express Photo by Nirmal Harindran/File) Related News TDP walks out of Govt: Why fallout poses a challenge to BJP s numbers count for 2019Andhra denied special category status: TDP walks out of Govt puts NDA on notice ahead of 2019Upset over denial of special status for Andhra Chandrababu Naidu pulls out TDP ministers from Modi cabinetAndhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday reiterated his demand for a special category status underlining that the state will only be financially stable if all assurances given in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014 were fulfilled and implemented. Even after 4 years of bifurcation AP is suffering. Congress faced the wrath of people as they did injustice now people are thinking if BJP will follow the same course. We accepted special assistance as the Centre said there are problems with Special Category Status Naidu was quoted as saying by ANI. He was addressing the TDP Parliamentary Board meeting. The Centre is giving Special Category Status to other states. How? In such a case we too need SCS. YSRCP is speaking of SCS but leaving rest 18 points. SCS alone is not enough all points in the act must be implemented. Only then AP will be financially stable he said while maintaining that the state was given a raw deal and it is encountering problems. In September last year Naidu had accepted the special package announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. For the first time Naidu however directly raised the special status issue last week saying that the special category status is the state s right and that they will continue to fight for it. He further said that in the last three-and-a-half years Andhra Pradesh achieved a lot of growth but it would have done much better had all the promises made in Parliament were fulfilled. ALSO READ | Broken promise funds crunch: Why Andhra CM N Chandrababu Naidu is angry The ruling TDP has been forced to take a tough stand on the special category status issue after the Opposition YSRCP has stepped up its campaign. Since the Union Budget was presented leaders of the TDP and BJP have been trading accusations over central assistance with the former alleging that Andhra Pradesh had been ignored. CM had also threatened to bring a no-confidence motion against the Centre in Parliament to demand justice albeit as a last resort . For all the latest India News download Indian Express App IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd More Related News TDP-BJP alliance on last legs? Chandrababu Naidu may ask two Union ministers to resign tomorrow TDP threatens to part ways Centre says yes to funds no to special category status Tags: Chandrababu Naidu Nitie VerlekarMar 3 2018 at 1:42 amNo state in India should get special category status. Everyone needs to work hard to come up on their own. Funds given by central govt should be used for welfare of the society not to fill up the politicians pockets. Kashmir s special status should be revoked too. India is a country which needs to teach the world that diversity is a strength. May God give better understanding of humanity to everyone soon.(1)(1) ReplySekhar AMar 3 2018 at 2:52 amU .. First understand on what basis AP is divided.First let s transfer RBI stock exchanges to south so that half of bombay will be empty.(1)(0) Reply Raman KayMar 2 2018 at 11:37 pmOK we will give him special category! You are in the category of dumb and a moron. There nailed it!(1)(1) ReplySekhar AMar 3 2018 at 2:57 am...dont post u r comments with out understanding on what circumustances AP got bifurcated.(0)(0) Reply Sriram KalpathiMar 2 2018 at 10:54 pmThe CM of Andhra is nowhere when compared with the CM of Telangana. The people will drop him if he does not bring results.(0)(1) ReplyVenkat PokkunuriMar 3 2018 at 12:54 amI am from Andhra telangana -HYD is nothing HYD was developed by Andhra people and our CM only. coming to your point telangana CM is just above average CBN is excellent. Telangana CM stands no where in the kind of admin skills leadership qualities and discpline that CBN does have he is a visinory. also TRS MLAS MPS and ministers are dammm corrupt and thugs. they are eating alll prjojects money. also telangana is backward in educaton and in every thing. telangana lands are far lless fetrtile in comparision with andhra lands. also we have vast sea cost which TN doesnt have. dont write nonsense.(3)(8) ReplySekhar AMar 3 2018 at 3:01 amKcr is good for nothing.(0)(0) Reply Venkat PokkunuriMar 2 2018 at 9:55 pmHe is a very good CM but acting alot for no valid reason Andhra is a rich and very progressive state with very fertile lands rivers vast sea coast above alll people are intelligent hard working and highly educated and in many good positions all over country and also overseas. no point in trying to politicise this issue too much and start fighting with center. continous discussions are the only way forward.he knew that there is no way he can win Modi.PM damm care about any blackmailings or abuses he wont get even an appointent if he behaves like this. better he cuts his ego a bit.Modi and Amith shah are not kids to be threatened. he is feeling insecure because of YRCP might have pac with BJP in coming elections and he might loose.(5)(6) ReplyNNAMEMar 3 2018 at 2:50 amDo you call chaotic expansion development?(0)(0) Reply
The erstwhile Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government did not do justice to Andhra Pradesh while bifurcating the state in 2014 but the current central government is not even fulfilling the promises made by the Congress Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu told CR Sukumar in an interview. Naidu whose Telugu Desam Party is part of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance said the Centre should accord Andhra Pradesh special category status and attendant benefits as it is doing in the case of some other states. Edited excerpts: You came to power amid a lot of hopes and expectations of people of Andhra Pradesh. How do you assess your progress? The state bifurcation was not done scientifically. Andhra Pradesh is left without a capital city educational and healthcare institutions industries and income resources. It was not just injustice but Andhra people were also insulted. People punished the Congress for that. With all my experience as chief minister of combined Andhra Pradesh for nine years and as Opposition leader for 10 years I have started the journey of rebuilding the state. There were promises made under the bifurcation Act by the then United Progressive Alliance government. Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the poll campaign at Tirupati and other places in 2014 gave hope on many issues including support for a world-class capital city for Andhra. Congress did injustice and we hoped BJP as our alliance partner would do justice. I have visited New Delhi 29 times in the past three and a half years asking that promises made under bifurcation Act and assurances made in Parliament be fulfilled. What is the progress in fulfilling these promises? They didn t give special category status. The nominal industrial incentives that they gave to Andhra and Telangana are unattractive. The division of institutions and assets under Schedule IX and X has not been completed yet. The deficit finance is not given. Why is the Centre not acceding to Andhra Pradesh s requests? I am unable to understand. They should answer. I supported them in all their major reform initiatives in the spirit of cooperative federalism. I supported initiatives like demonetisation and GST (goods and services tax). I was even the convenor for digital economy and submitted recommendations. I am not seeking any favours. Whatever was promised under the AP State Reorganisation Act are the legitimate rights of people of Andhra. People of Andhra were not happy even with those promises made under the bifurcation Act in 2014 and assurances by the Congress and punished it. The current government is not implementing even those promises. What are the options that you are now considering? I will continue to fight for the legitimate rights of people of Andhra. Secondly I may have to take political decisions also accordingly. I will have to arouse people of Andhra to work hard further. Otherwise we will suffer badly. The two leading national parties at the Centre Congress and BJP shouldn t have handled the issues of states like this. They should have been more responsible and sensitive in the interest of the nation. BJP may be thinking that they will not lose anything in Andhra. Elections are held every five years and parties in the government keep changing. You cannot discriminate against districts or states that didn t vote for you. We should think in terms of national interest. Why did you make a U-turn on the special category status by accepting a special package? There was no U-turn. It was a mistake committed by the government of India. They told me that they are not giving special category status to any state. They offered to give us special assistance similar to special category status. Now they are extending the special category status to some states. We are asking them to extend it to us also and not to discriminate. What they are doing is not correct. Why should people of Andhra be deprived of special category status? Give us also the benefits and the status of special category. What is your appeal to BJP now? As a politician who has seen ups and downs of various political parties in this country over the past four decades I appeal to both the BJP and Congress not to offend the sentiments of people of Andhra and deprive them in the interest of the nation. I am appealing to both of them to correct themselves and their mistakes.
HYDERABAD: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu will address a mega public meeting at Khammam next month. The party chief has decided to dedicate at least one or two days in a week to review the party activities in Telangana mainly to strengthen the party and restore the past glory to the party in Telangana. Naidu assured the party leaders during his two day meetings with Telangana TDP leaders held on February 28 and March 1. TDP in Telangana lost its sheen for quite some time especially after many party leaders and MLAs left the party and joined either Telangana Rashtra Samithi or Congress. Naidu also didn t tour Telangana for the past two years especially after the cash for vote scam. In the recent past TDP has taken up programmes such as Palle Palle Ku Telugu Desam and even taken up agitational programmes on various issues. But they could not stop migration of cadre from TDP to other political parties. Now with the Lok Sabha elections due either by the end of this year or in the first quarter of 2019 the Telangana TDP boss has decided to strengthen the party and revive its glory. Chandrababu Naidu who is camping in Hyderabad for the past two days held meeting with the party politburo and central committee on Thursday. He directed the party leaders to strengthen the party from the grass root level. Naidu on Wednesday addressed the party general body and dismissed reports that his party will be merged either with the TRS or any other party in Telangana. He made these remarks in the wake of TDP leader Mothkupalli Narsimhulu making such a suggestion. Interestingly Narsimhulu did not come to the party leaders meet. Our party president has directed us to continue the party programme palle palleku TDP to reach out to people in all the villages till March 29. He also asked us to fill up party district presidents in Sanga Reddy Nizamabad Karimnagar Sircilla and Peddapally districts which are lying vacant for the past few months Telangana TDP president L Ramana told TOI. Since the party still has cadre in almost all the Assembly constituencies in Telangana both local and state party leaders will frequently interact with them Ramana said.
Written by Sreenivas Janyala | Updated: February 23 2018 9:31 am The TDP says hopes raised by Chandrababu Naidu s meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi were dashed by the Budget announcements. (Express Archive) Related News TDP vs Modi Sarkar LIVE UPDATES: Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu asks two Union ministers to resign todayBSF man s pay cut: PM Modi steps in order withdrawnTDP walks out of Govt: Why fallout poses a challenge to BJP s numbers count for 2019Leaders of the TDP and BJP have been trading accusations over central assistance since the Union Budget was presented with the former alleging that Andhra Pradesh had been ignored. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu this week threatened to bring a no-confidence motion against the Centre in Parliament to demand justice albeit as a last resort . Naidu repeated his grievance that the provisions of the AP Reorganisation Act 2014 and the promises made by the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have not been implemented . He referred to Special Category Status as Andhra s right and said that the BJP was not budging only because it has a total majority in Parliament. What has put the TDP s ties with the BJP under strain? State s revenue deficit According to officials AP faced a revenue deficit of Rs 16 000 crore in 2014-15 Rs 4 598 crore in 2016-17 and almost a similar amount in 2017-18. In 2018-19 the deficit is estimated to be Rs 416 crore. The deficit arose after the state s bifurcation in 2014 and AP wants the Centre to compensate for its losses. The TDP recalls that former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had assured Rajya Sabha on February 20 2014 that any resource gap that the successor state of AP might face would be made good in the Union Budget for 2014-15. However the Finance Ministry said AP had included Rs 10 000 crore it gave as farm loan waivers in its revenue deficit calculation. The Centre finally agreed to give Rs 7 500 crore as compensation but has so far paid only about Rs 4 000 crore. Also even as negotiations on the rest of the amount are under way the Centre has now said it owes only Rs 138.39 crore officials in the state said. The Polavaram project The TDP argues that since Polavaram has been declared a national project the Centre should bear its entire cost including the cost of land acquisition and rehabilitation which comes to around Rs 33 000 crore. According to TDP MP K Rammohan Naidu about Rs 7 500 crore have been spent on the project of which the Centre gave Rs 4 500 crore. He said the state had borrowed Rs 3 000 crore and was paying an interest of Rs 300 crore every year. The Centre had lost interest in the project alleged Rammohan Naidu who was part of a delegation that met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. BJP MP K Hari Babu said the Centre has so far released Rs 4 662.28 crore for Polavaram. Construction of Amaravati Andhra says it needs hand-holding for a few years as it builds a capital from scratch. The Centre has so far given Rs 2 500 crore including Rs 500 crore to the Guntur and Vijayawada Municipal Corporations to lay out drainage systems. The remaining amount is meant for building the secretariat Assembly Raj Bhavan and High Court. AP has built a temporary secretariat at Velagapudi and has approved designs for permanent buildings in Amaravati. Naidu wants the Centre to allocate funds for the entire capital region which is estimated to cost Rs 33 000 crore. Visakhapatnam railway zone TDP leaders say establishing a new railway zone would bring a lot of investment and jobs to the region. They say this had been promised in the AP Reorganisation Act but the Centre is dragging its feet because of Odisha s opposition. Bhubaneswar fears its importance as the East Coast Railway headquarters may be diminished if a new zone is created Rammohan Naidu said. Building central institutions The AP Reorganisation Act 2014 assured that 19 institutions and projects like IIT IIM etc. would be established in AP. While work on more than a dozen institutions is ongoing AP says progress is slow and funds are coming in a trickle. For instance the estimated cost of setting up an IIT in Tirupati is Rs 3 150 crore but the Centre has so far released only Rs 56.49 crore. Special Category/Package The Centre says the assurance of special status clashes with the recommendations of the Fourteenth Finance Commission which came subsequently. Following the acceptance of the recommendations the class of Special Category States has ceased to exist. However the Centre has agreed to give special assistance to AP for five years which would make up for the additional central share the state might have received during these years 2015-16 to 2019-20 as envisaged by Singh s 2014 statement. This will be in the form of Union funding for externally aided projects that have been signed and disbursed during these years. AP is demanding that special assistance funding should be in the 90:10 ratio (Centre:state) for both EAPs and centrally-sponsored schemes which adds up to about Rs 20 010 crore of central assistance. Because the state government may not be able to spend this amount on EAPs in the stipulated five years AP is demanding that the Centre allow it to use the money to clear outstanding loans. It is seeking permission to borrow from internal lenders like NABARD HUDCO and other commercial banks and to use the gap to pay interest commitments to the Government of India NABARD and EAPs. For all the latest Explained News download Indian Express App More Related News Andhra denied special category status: TDP walks out of Govt puts NDA on notice ahead of 2019 Upset over denial of special status for Andhra Chandrababu Naidu pulls out TDP ministers from Modi cabinet Tags: Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu Narendra Modi TDP-BJP alliance DDr. Codadu PratapFeb 23 2018 at 11:49 pmThe latest move by the Rayalaseema BJP MLAs demanding an Assembly session High Court Bench and immediate release of 20 000 crores for irrigation projects foreshadows an imminent threat by that party to re-ignite the separate Rayalaseema issue. Such a move at this juncture cannot but be seen as a veiled threat by the BJP to further bifurcate the state a la Sonia if Chandrababu Naidu does not fall in line. This is at once an admission by the BJP that it chose very consciously not to fulfil its statutory obligations towards Andhra Pradesh as well as of despicable coercive politics it practices.(3)(1) ReplyS KMar 6 2018 at 12:24 pmSeparate Rayalaseema is a non-starter as it will always be a deficit state.(0)(0) Reply emittrap@hotmail.comFeb 23 2018 at 11:17 amChandrababu Naidu is a corrupt CM. When farmers are committing suicide in large numbers he is spending billions on establishing the capital city. He is a stooge of the US. Deep investigations need to be carried out in all his dealings.(2)(11) ReplyS KMar 6 2018 at 12:26 pmYou make absolutely no sense as you don t understand basic economics.(0)(0) Reply SSatavahanaFeb 23 2018 at 9:25 amNaidu made a mistake in trusting Modi and Jaitley. He should walk away from NDA and preserve Andhra people s self respect. Remember what NT Rama Rao did. Kamal Haasan is right - southern states should work together and preserve their cultural iden y.(19)(6) ReplynagarFeb 23 2018 at 11:08 amIn a few decades all the Southern states will become Hindi Speaking . What Cultural Ident-ity you are talking about? All the Southern Languages are derived from Sanskrit. It was Chandrababu Naidu who betrayed NTR by usurping power(2)(19) ReplyHhuman beingFeb 23 2018 at 7:38 pmhe must have betrayed an individual ntr - that does not mean he has betrayed the state people. he is an efficient CM with lot of trust from the people of andhra and also with lot of jealousy from the people at the centre. to save the southerners the ignominy of 2nd class citizenry it is important to have a seperate federation with checks and balances and kamal haasan is right in this respect.(12)(2)S KMar 6 2018 at 12:31 pmSouthern languages may be rooted in Sanskrit just like Hindi but unlike Hindi Southern languages are not influenced by the Islamic invaders. If you think Hindi movies will wipe out Southern languages you are an ignorant fool. Life doesn t reflect movies its movies that reflect life. There are more Telugu movies produced than all of Hindi movies over the last 30 years and that is just one Southern language.(0)(0) IIndian AbroadFeb 23 2018 at 8:56 amAll states are equal. There cannot be a special status to any state including J K.(3)(11) ReplySSatavahanaFeb 23 2018 at 9:18 amSo you must be against BIMARU states getting a lot of money from the central government. For example for every 17 paise that UP contributes it receives 2 rupees in return. Take any South Indian state - they receive less than what they contribute.(14)(4) ReplyTechnicalFeb 23 2018 at 11:13 amBIMARU?? - In reality the Southern states are the https://olioboard.com/users/kkmaketrip BIMARU states. There are no farmers suicides in Bihar MP Rajasthan or UP. Almost all the farmers suicides are confined to the Southern states of Kerala Karnataka Andhras Maharashtra.(4)(5)
AMARAVATI: Chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu told the party leaders to counter Jaganmohan Reddy s criticism and fight for the welfare of people in the state. The chief minister wanted his party to become aggressive while resorting to counter verbal attacks on Jagan. He also suggested them to expose opportunistic politics of the YSR Congress leader and ensure that people reject him. However he reminded the party legislators of the impending budget session in the Assembly which is slated to start from March 5. As for the impending Rajya Sabha elections scheduled for March 23 the chief minister wanted the MLAs to be available for the polling. Though he did not give any names for the Rajya Sabha elections he had a brief discussion on whether to field three candidates or limit to the two seats leaving the third one to Jagan. Addressing a meeting of the party coordination committee ahead of the Assembly budget session Rajya Sabha elections and the fight for the bifurcation benefits Chandrababu Naidu told them to be cautious. Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu congratulated Chandrababu Naidu for his successful political career that has helped the party and the state as well. Naidu said to have spent 40 years in serving people.
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