Chandrababu Naidu's TDP to pull out ministers from Centre over Andhra Special Status demand
Hyderabad, Mar 7 (IBNS): In a major development, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday announced that Telugu Desam Party has decided to pull out two of its ministers from the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre.
The pull out from the Union Cabinet is expected to take place on Thursday.
Naidu made the announcement just hours after Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley expressed that it was difficult to give "special status" to Andhra Pradesh.
The decision was taken after Naidu met party lawmakers on Wednesday evening.
"As a first step, both our central ministers-civil aviation minister P Ashok Gajapathi Raju and minister of state for science and technology Y S Chowdary- will resign from the Narendra Modi cabinet on Thursday morning,” Naidu told media.
He said decision on alliance with the BJP will be taken later.
Naidu also tweeted to inform that their purpose of joining the Central government has not been fulfilled.
" The Centre has been taking one sided decisions and our patience has run out now. When the purpose of joining the union cabinet hasn’t been fulfilled, it’s best to resign now," Naidu tweeted.
He said the decision to pull out minsters were taken for the benefit of the people of Andhra Pradesh.
"I am not angry with anyone. This decision has been taken only to benefit the people of Andhra Pradesh," he tweeted.
"I tried reaching out to the Prime Minister to inform him about our decision. But sadly, he was unavailable," he said.
Jaitley earlier in the day said his government is committed to giving Andhra Pradesh financial assistance equivalent to a special category state.
"We are committed to giving monetary equivalent to special status to Andhra Pradesh," Jaitley said.
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