Appealing Special Category Status To The State, CM Jagan Writes To PM Narendra Modi

In the wake of the Fifteenth Finance Commission's statement, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fulfill the aspirations of the AP people by giving special category status to the State. Fifteenth Finance Commission's statement reads that the decision on the special category status to AP has to be decided by the central government, so AP chief minister YS Jagan Mohan urged the center to take the decision.

In his letter, CM Jagan has stated that the Central government had promised special status to AP at the time of the bifurcation of the State in 2014 but the central government didn’t grant special status to the state citing 14th finance commission recommendations.

Jagan also stated in his letter that the bifurcation had benefitted Telangana but subjected Andhra Pradesh to "immense economic hardships," So, He sought the centre's intervention to save the State from the financial drought.

At last, Jagan added, "The people of Andhra Pradesh remain helpless victims of this unfortunate scenario. I humbly seek your kind intervention in this matter".