Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Y.S. Sharmila has taken the fight for Special Category Status (SCS) and other key projects promised in the Andhra Pradesh State Reorganisation Act, 2014, to the national capital.
On February 2 (Friday), Ms. Sharmila led a protest by leaders and workers at the A.P. Bhavan in Delhi. The protesters held placards and raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for denying SCS to Andhra Pradesh and Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy for failing to question the BJP government at the Centre.
Showing a copy of the BJP’s 2014 election manifesto, Ms. Sharmila recalled that the party had not only given its consent for bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh but also said that it would extend Special Category Status to the residual A.P. for 10 years, against the period of five years proposed by the Congress party.
