2 TDP ministers to resign from Union Cabinet today: Andhra CM Naidu

Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Minister of State for Science and Technology Y S Chowdary were asked to send in their resignations

The Narendra Modi government on Wednesday reached out to its upset Andhra Pradesh (AP) ally, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), but to little avail.

Hours after Finance Minister (FM) Arun Jaitley promised AP funds equivalent to what a special category state receives, the two TDP ministers in the Modi government were instructed to quit the Union Cabinet on Thursday by their party leader, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister (CM), N Chandrababu Naidu.

At a press conference in the evening here, Jaitley said the Centre was committed to meeting all promises made to AP at the time of carving out of Telangana