APCC writes to Modi seeking fulfilment of assurances for AP

Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president N Raghuveera Reddy has written a letter to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding fulfilment of various promises given to the state, including granting of special status.
"For the past one-and-a-half years, we have been constantly bringing to your kind notice that the issue of granting special status to bifurcated Andhra Pradesh has not been fulfilled along with those promises made by your predecessor Manmohan Singh in Rajya Sabha on February 20, 2014 when the AP Reorganisation Bill was passed," he said.
"When the PM (Modi) confirmed to come and lay the foundation stone at Amaravati on October 22, the people of Andhra were immensely expectant to the point of being confident that you would make a formal statement on granting special status to AP apart from granting special package for the backward areas of Rayalaseema and north Coastal Andhra.

"But at that time while laying the foundation stone, you gave to the people of AP an urn containing soil (mitti) from Parliament and a pitcher of water from the Yamuna River. Now, the disappointment is so huge because the promises made in Parliament deal not just with our future, but the future of our children. It deals not just with the aspirations of this generation, but the aims and opportunities, which our children are legally and morally entitled to," Reddy said.
Reddy urged the PM to implement the four assurances special status for AP, tax incentives to AP to attract industries, special package for backward areas of Rayalaseema and north coastal Andhra.

He said his party has taken up 'matti satyagraham', wherein people have been urged to send soil (mitti) and water from their respective areas to you.
"You conduct 'Mann ki Baat' on various issues around once every month. We urge you to take up a special interactive edition titled 'Mitti ki Baat' exclusively with the people of Andhra Pradesh on special status to AP," Reddy said.