The State government has made a strong pitch with the Central government to take steps for the fulfilment of assurances given to Telangana in the AP Reorganisation Act 2014.
The Centre has been requested to release pending dues pertaining to various departments in addition to liberally assisting Telangana in strengthening core sectors like Health and Education. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and his deputy Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka submitted a list of issues pending with the Centre to Prime Minister Narendra Modi at New Delhi.
The Chief Minister and Mr. Vikramarka, who arrived in the national capital on Tuesday afternoon, called on Mr. Modi for the first time after assuming charge and explained to him the need to protect the interests of Telangana, the formation of which was based on three major issues — water, jobs and funds. Briefing reporters later, Mr. Vikramarka said the Prime Minister was briefed about how the previous BRS government dilly-dallied in taking up the fulfilment of assurances given in the Reorganisation Act with the Centre.
