Telangana IT and Panchayat Raj Minister K Taraka Rama Rao has very carefully reacted on World Bank giving second rank to Andhra Pradesh state as 2nd favourable state for conducting business in the country.

He tweets, “Lot of folks wondering about ease of doing business ranking. Not sure about methodology but, we will let our work speak & not fret over this.”

Actually, being second richest state in the country and having a fully developed capital city like Hyderabad, if Telangana state gets 2nd rank then no one would have raised eye-brows, but Telangana government may be shocked when it was ranked 13th and AP gets 2nd rank.

Of course, people of Andhra Pradesh were very much worried when the state was divided. But, within a short span of 14 months, Andhra Pradesh state has retained its self-confidence and spearheading with development activities. KTR may say that he is not sure about methodology for giving ranks in ease of business. But, even a common man knows that several factors like power and water supply, natural and human resources, growth opportunities, consistency in governance, State-Centre relations, business and industrial friendly governance etc. are taken into consideration for giving ranks to any state.

Telangana state is also rapidly developing. But, Chief Minister KCR is often sending conflicting signals to business houses and industries. So far, he couldn’t remove the insecure feeling that he and his party has created in them during agitation period. His un-ending fights with AP government are sending wrong message to entrepreneurs whereas AP Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu is always prepared for compromise with him for rapid development in both states.

Both Chief Ministers have announced many big projects during last 14 months, but Chandrababu Naidu is able to make some progress with them. For example, Chief Minister KCR has announced many projects like construction of high rise buildings around Hussen Sagar, sports city, entertainment city, education city, express ways, sky ways, infrastructure development in rural areas etc. but, none of the projects were not launched till today despite being second richest state in the country.

But, AP Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has made good progress with his dream projects of capital city, metro rail projects, Pattiseema projects etc. He managed to get 5 higher educational institutions to the state within a short span of 14 months.

He manages to build lot of confidence in the people about bright future of the state and people also trusting him very much, whereas Telangana people have difference of opinion on his ruling.

Chandrababu Naidu is maintaining strong relations with the Centre despite facing several problems and challenges, whereas Telangana Chief Minister KCR has never bothered to maintain strong relation with the Centre. It was never been consistent. Many positive and negative factors like these may turn deciding factors while ranking the states.