Congress Government has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi by saying he failed to keep the promises made by the previous UPA Government on granting the special category status.
The Congress also announced 'matti satyagraha (soil movement) under which it will collect soil from various places in the state and send it to PM. Congress President N.Raghuveera Reddy said, " Everyone expected Prime Minister Narendra Modi to announce special status during the Amaravati Stone laying ceremony last month.
But Modi just brought 'matti and neeru' (Soil and Water) from Delhi and insulted people of Andhra. Special status is the right of the people of Andhra Pradesh. We will fight until we achieve it." He further added that when Congress was ruling they intentionally avoided granting the special status as they need to keep the promises.
It has to be noted that Andhra Pradesh was bifurcated to create Telangana as separate state. This happened under Congress regime. He also added that Rahul Gandhi contributed to Andhra Pradesh by introducing lots of government schemes.
