Chandrababu Naidu welcomes Jaitley's announcement of special package for AP

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Vijayawada: On Wednesday Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu welcomed Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's announcement of a financial package for Andhra Pradesh and said he would have been happier had the Centre granted special status to the state.
He said the Centre should implement its promises "in true spirit" and in a time-bound manner.
"People of the state have been waiting for this for many days now...Had they granted special status, I would have been happier. In case they have some technical problems, they should do whatever is possible as per law," he told a press conference after midnight.
Naidu demanded that the Centre expedite the work on the Polavaram project and complete it in a time-bound manner.
A file photo of Chandrababu Naidu. PTI
A file photo of Chandrababu Naidu. PTI
With respect to the construction of capital city Amaravati, he said Rs 2,500 crore already been sanctioned and nother Rs 1,000 crore promised would not be in any way sufficient.
"The Centre should do justice in this regard," he added.
Jaitley's announcement came after the draft of it was ostensibly approved by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. Opposition parties in the state criticised Jaitley's announcement, saying there was "nothing" in it.
"It's a clear betrayal by BJP. This will be a black day in the history," CPI state secretary K Ramakrishna said.
AP Intellectuals Forum president Chalasani Srinivas also castigated the Centre over going back on its promise of granting special category status to AP.
Jaitley announced the special package for the state at a late night press conference. It includes full funding of Pollavaram irrigation project, tax concessions and a special assistance.
Andhra Pradesh, which financially suffered because of creation of separate state of Telengana in June 2014, will get a railway zone as also all cost incurred on the irrigation ollavaram project from the date it was declared a
National Project on 1 April, 2014 will be funded by the Centre.

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