YSRCP celebrates AP State Formation Day

Slams Naidu for changing the day

• There is no logic in changing the state formation day
• MP, Bihar & UP did not change the date after 3 new states were formed

Hyderabad: YSR Congress Party on Saturday celebrated the AP Formation Day at the party headquarters here and criticised the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) government for changing the historic date without any valid reason. Participating in the programme, party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy said due respect should be given to the historic facts and Andhra Pradesh, along with other states, was formed on November 1 on linguistic basis. He said he saw no reason as to why Naidu shifted the formation day to June 2.

Giving due respect to the sentiments of Telugu people, he said the YSRCP was celebrating the day as the party revered history and the great people who made the State of Andhra Pradesh a reality. There had been precedents and history was very clear that Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh were observing November 1 as the State Formation Day even as new states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand respectively were carved out of them, Jagan pointed out.

It was logical for Telangana to observe June 2 as State Formation Day as it was the 29th State formed on that date while Andhra Pradesh remained the same which had come into being on November 1, the YSRCP leader said and demanded the AP Chief Minister to change his mindset and stick to the original date of the State formation.