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AP Assembly adopts resolution for special Status
The Andhra Pradesh State Assembly and Legislative Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution seeking speedy grant of special status, railway zone and implementation of assurances given in the AP State Reorganisation Act.
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh State Assembly and Legislative Council on Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution seeking speedy grant of special status, railway zone and implementation of assurances given in the AP State Reorganisation Act.
Moving the resolution, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said that it was obligatory on the part of the Centre to help the state till it achieves level-playing field with the neighbouring states. The Chief Minister said that Andhra Pradesh was the only state in southern part of the nation which was facing numerous problems on all fronts when compared to states like Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala.
“We have more population and less revenue. This is the fall-out of the unscientific manner in which the state was bifurcated,” he said. The resolution urged the Centre to help the state in completion of the Polavaram project by 2018, extend tax and other incentives for the industrial development, grant special economic package to boost development of the three backward districts in north coastal AP and Rayalaseema region.
Naidu also sought liberal assistance for construction of new capital at Amravati. Among other demands made in the resolution were setting up steel factory at Kadapa, green field airports in the state, petrochemical complex, Dugarajapatnam port, Greyhounds Training Centre, speedy division of assets and liabilities, sanctioning institutions under the Schedule 9 and 10 of the AP State Reorganisation Act and increase in the number of seats in the State Assembly from 175 to 225.
The resolution also sought amendment to the presidential order to provide nativity to the children of those who belong to Seemandhra region but studied in Hyderabad in the undivided Andhra Pradesh. It said following the bifurcation, a student who studied in Hyderabad or any other part of Telangana would become a non local in Andhra Pradesh due to zonal regulations. This anomaly has to be immediately corrected, the resolution added.
While appreciating the help extended by the Centre so far and the assurance given by the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that the Centre would implement the AP State Reorganisation Act in letter and spirit, Naidu said that the Assembly on behalf of the people of the state urges the Centre to expedite the implementation.
Reacting to the resolution, Leader of Opposition Y S Jaganmohan Reddy said that this was perhaps the second time that the Assembly was passing such a resolution. He said while sending the copy of the resolution to the Centre, the Chief Minister should serve an ultimatum to the NDA government that if it failed to implement the promises within a month, he would withdraw support to the government.
