Tried to reach out to PM Modi, he was unavailable: Chandrababu Naidu

March 08, 2018 07:50

Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party has decided to pull out of the Narendra Modi government after the centre ruled out Special Category Status for Andhra Pradesh, a key demand of the TDP.

Announcing that he was withdrawing both his ministers from the central government, Naidu said on Wednesday evening that his party had joined the centre hoping that justice will be done to Andhra Pradesh.

The chief minister said he tried to speak to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over phone as a courtesy to inform him about the decision to pull out of the NDA government. It is my responsibility as a coalition partner to inform the prime minister about our party decision. My OSD spoke to his OSD but the prime minister did not come on line, he said.

Naidu hoped the Centre would at least now respect the sentiments of people of Andhra Pradesh.

The decision to pull our of the Centre came barely hours after Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told a press conference in New Delhi this evening that funds equivalent to what a special category state receives would be extended to Andhra Pradesh, but drew a line saying politics cannot increase the quantum of money.

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