Amaravati, June 20 (PTI) Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president YS Sharmila on Friday demanded answers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the fate of promises made during Andhra Pradesh bifurcation, as he is poised to participate in the International Yoga Day in the state.
PM Modi is scheduled to arrive in Visakhapatnam today to participate in the 11th International Yoga Day on Saturday morning.
The APCC president noted that the people of Andhra Pradesh are anguished over unfulfilled bifurcation promises such as according special category status to the state and others.
“Modi is coming and going from Visakhapatnam… but what happened to bifurcation promises? It has already been 10 years, and the special category status is a right from the bifurcation (of united Andhra Pradesh),” said Sharmila in a press release.
Alleging that Modi cheated the state, she noted that the PM was not even responding to the issue of the special category status, and claimed that though ‘Modi is deceiving’, TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu and Janasena chief Pawan Kalyan are continuing to support him.
According to Sharmila, Modi has also “cheated” the state with respect to the height of Polavaram Project by lowering the dam’s height from 45 m to 41 m.
Likewise, she alleged that the state was deceived in the Vizag Steel Plant (VSP) issue also, asserting that it was promised that the industry would not be privatised but it is getting ‘sold’.
Claiming that there was no change in stance over VSP, Sharmila alleged that 4,000 workers were fired.
Further, questioning the need to build a capital with ‘debts’, referring to greenfield capital city Amaravati, she asserted that Naidu and Kalyan are backing Modi even though he is ‘backstabbing’.
“Is Yogandhra needed when there is no attention for people’s problems,” she said.
Moreover, she assailed YSRCP supremo YS Jagan Mohan Reddy for allegedly making provocative statements.
She claimed that Reddy has Modi’s support, which is why all his ‘actions are being condoned’. Meanwhile, there was immediate reaction from the TDP. PTI STH SA
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