CPI (M) Srikakulam district president D. Govinda Rao has said that the party will stage a protest on February 16 over denial of Special Category Status (SCS) and other benefits to Andhra Pradesh.
“The Union government has been showing step-motherly attitude towards the State by not implementing the assurances given in the A.P. State Reorganisation Act, 2014,” he said in a release on Friday.
“The BJP-led government at the Centre, which had failed to win seats in the 2019 general elections in the State, has developed a grudge against the people. That is the reason why it has stopped the funds allocated for the development of the North Andhra region,” he alleged.