Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has called a meeting of party MPs and senior leaders in Vijayawada. The meeting will discuss future course of action to bring pressure on the central government. The TDP will decide the strategy to be adopted during the ongoing Parliament session. Jaitley was responding to a discussion on the 'Status of implementation of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 and government assurances' during which TDP and several other parties pressed for grant of special category status to the state in the wake of carvingout of Telangana state two years back. He said the special status promise was not in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 but was made by the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the floor of the House and the government is now seeing what has to be done.

 

The TDP is unhappy over the Centre not fulfilling the commitments made in Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act and ensuring desired support to the state in the aftermath of bifurcation. Meanwhile, two MPs from TDP on Saturday said they were ready to resign. Murali Mohan and K. Nani, both members of Lok Sabha, said they were ready to make any sacrifice to help the state achieve special status.