Special status to Andhra Pradesh: Rahul Gandhi writes to PM Narendra Modi
" I am writing to you in connection with the implementation of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2013," Gandhi wrote.
"Since you are visiting Andhra Pradesh to lay foundation stone for its new capital Amaravathi, I would like yo urgently request you to use this oppurtunity to grant Special Category Status and announce a time frame for the fulfillment of commitments made in Acts," he said.
The Prime Minister will visit the state on Oct 22.
Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu said Amaravati's birth will be 'People's celebration'.
"#Amaravati's birth will be People's celebration. Glad that my Telangana counterpart K ChandrasekharRao will be there," Naidu tweeted.
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