Jagan Reddy bats for special status to Andhra at NITI Aayog meet

June 15, 2019 19:20

Jagan Mohan Reddy, Andhra Pradesh chief minister, once again vociferously demanded Special Category Status for his state during the meeting of Fifth Governing Council of NITI Aayog on Saturday.

Terming the status as an "essential lifeline" for Andhra Pradesh, the CM said, "It is disheartening when we hear several rumours and excuses for not granting special category status." On "widely rumoured argument" that few other states may demand SCS if it is granted to Andhra Pradesh, the CM said, "In the history of this country no other state was bifurcated with a pre-condition that special category status would be accorded to compensate the economic and financial hardships such bifurcation would entail, which was supported by both ruling and opposition parties that had representatives from all the states."

During his speech, the Andhra CM also criticised the previous TDP government led by Chandrababu Naidu for "mis-governance and institutionalising corruption".

"Mis-governance and institutionalised corruption coupled with lack of sincerity during the past five years have left the state with high unemployment amongst youth, lack of investment in infrastructure and industry, a sharp deterioration of public education and health system and empty coffers," he said.

-- ANI

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