VIJAYAWADA: Telugu Desam chief N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday demanded that Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy make all his 22 party MPs resign to pressurise central government into conferring special status on Andhra Pradesh.
Naidu offered that his three TD MPs too will resign and join the fight for achieving all major state reorganisation promises like special status, Polavaram and Vizag railway zone.
The leader of opposition recalled that it was Jagan Mohan Reddy before 2019 elections who declared he would wring the neck of centre and his party MPs would even resign if necessary to achieve special status for AP.
Addressing a press conference here, the TD chief said it is time for Chief Minister to decide whether or not to fight for promises made by the centre at the time of state’s bifurcation. He pointed to central government’s stand in Parliament that special status is a closed chapter. Union minister concerned has declared that no railway zone will be formed at Visakhapatnam. Vizag Steel Plant is also being privatised with total disregard to people's sentiments.
Naidu sought to know from the Chief Minister and YSRC MPs what they have achieved for the state in the past two-and-a-half years.
