The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) has raised the issues of Special Category Status (SCS) to Andhra Pradesh, Anti Defection Law, reservation to Backward Classes (BCs) proportionate to their population etc at the all-party meeting convened by the Union government ahead of Parliament session that begins on Thursday.
Talking to reporters in New Delhi on Wednesday, YSRCP Parliamentary Party leader V. Vijaya Sai Reddy said that his party had asked the Centre to keep the promises made to the people at the time of bifurcation of composite Andhra Pradesh.
The Centre should accord Special Category Status (SCS) to A.P. Similarly, the South Coastal Railway Zone with Visakhapatnam as headquarters was announced four years ago, and a Detailed Project Report was prepared three years ago. But, the railway zone is still on paper till date. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s broad policy is to privatise loss-making public sector units (PSUs). But, it was keen on privatising the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, which is running in profits. The YSRCP requested to shelve its privatisation plans, he said.
