Notwithstanding the ruckus created by the Congress, the YSR Congress party and even the Telugu Desam Party members in Parliament, the NDA government is unlikely to take a decision on special category status to Andhra Pradesh immediately.
At a time when the Congress party is making a hue and cry over the special catetory status to Andhra Pradesh, so as to get at least partial political mileage in the state, its own Rajya Sabha member and Megastar Chiranjeevi seems to be little interested in the episode.
The NDA government headed by Narendra Modi would have faced major embarrassment on Friday, had the Rajya Sabha taken up voting on the private member bill introduced by Congress MP K V P Ramachandra Rao seeking special category status to Andhra Pradesh.
Former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh is a man of very few words. Even when he was the Prime Minister, he hardly used to speak in Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha, except when it was extremely necessary. But, when he spoke, he used to speak with substance.
Well, one might get this doubt if one reads the story carried by Eenadu Telugu daily on Friday. It was about Telugu Desam Party president and AP chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s meeting with President of India Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday.
Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday gave a piece of mind to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the special category status issue, stating that it was the only way out to rescue the TDP-BJP alliance in the state.
Reiterating that special status is the only way for development and employment generation, Leader of Opposition Y S Jaganmohan Reddy said that the fight for special status will continue and the youth should come forward to question the political leaders who go back on their poll promises.
At a time when the demand for special category status to Andhra Pradesh has generated a lot of heat and dust in the state, there is also a comical element newly added to it.
It looks like Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to put an end, once and for all, to the controversy over demand for special category status to Andhra Pradesh.
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