The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet has decided to write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding special category status for the State and implementing promises mentioned in the AP Reorganization Act and the decision was taken in a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in Vijayawada on May 2nd.
Meanwhile the Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu was speaking to the press persons on the decisions considered by the Cabinet said that the two states should resolve water-related disputes through discussions and dialogue.
Naidu has also told that AP Reorganization Act has clearly stated that no new projects should be initiated without the consent of the river management board and he has said that he had already met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senior colleagues of his cabinet on several occasions regarding some important issues which were still pending.
When Naidu was questioned and he was answering for it that NITI-Aayog was not aware of the State's financial condition and the Centre had only released funds on par with other states like Telangana and had not implemented the AP Reorganization Act.
