Reportedly with the Centre tabling the report of the Fifteenth Finance Commission, the andhra pradesh government is making a renewed attempt to seek special category status (SCS) for the state. A long-pending demand, SCS is one of the commitments made by then prime minister manmohan Singh before the state's bifurcation in 2014. Meanwhile in a letter to prime minister narendra modi, chief minister jagan MOHAN REDDY' target='_blank' title='ys jagan mohan reddy-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>ys jagan mohan reddy congratulated the Centre on the Union Budget 2020-21.

 

jagan wrote "In these difficult times when the economy is sluggish and the sentiment is weak, the budget has been most reassuring and has provided necessary enthusiasm. There is, however, a sense of dissatisfaction in the people of the state of andhra pradesh, owing to the fact that there is no specific mention in the budget regarding the steps intended to be taken by the Centre to support the state," .

 

Furthermore stating that he had highlighted the 'widespread distress' in his state multiple times, jagan said that he was writing to modi in the light of a statement contained in the report of the Fifteenth Finance Commission tabled in the Parliament. Moreover stating that bifurcation had benefitted telangana but subjected andhra pradesh to "immense economic hardships," jagan pointed that several announcements were made on the floor of the house at the time of passage of the ap Reorganization Bill, 2014. jagan also wrote "The people of the state have been subjected to gross injustice owing to the non-grant of SCS. The Centre has put forth the argument that, in accordance with the recommendations of the Fourteenth Finance Commission, SCS ceased to exist".

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