Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu should take inspiration from Tamils, who had taken the Centre by its horns and got the ordinance approved to allow their traditional game Jallikattu.
“They made the Centre to bow before their demand within three days by taking up a massive agitation. But we have not been able to get even the assurances made in the AP Reorganisation Act fulfilled even after three years. Why do we lack the fighting spirit?” asked senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member K V P Ramachandra Rao, in an open letter to Naidu on Saturday.
KVP said the state could not achieve even a single demand, whether it is the special category status to Andhra Pradesh, securing separate railway zone for Visakhapatnam, special financial package to north coastal Andhra or Rayalaseema, filling up of revenue loss, Kadapa steel plant and many other issues.
“This is mainly because of lack of unity among ourselves. Because we are fighting among ourselves, we have fallen down in the eyes of the Centre. It is time we fight unitedly and bring pressure on the Centre to achieve our demands,” he said.
