Reportedly ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Visakhapatnam on Friday, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu asked him if he was not ashamed to visit the state empty handed. Meanwhile in an open letter to Modi, Naidu slammed him for visiting the state without according it the special category status and fulfilling other commitments made in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act 2014.
Furthermore the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief told Modi that 5 crore people of the state were seething with anger over his betrayal. Further Naidu, who has given a call for black flag protests against Modi's visit, questioned him over the failure to fulfill the assurances even after five years. Naidu said "The central government failed to set up steel plant at Kadapa, though the state government came forward to provide necessary facilities including land, water, power and subsidies”.
Moreover Naidu raised a total of 17 issues relating to the commitments made by the Centre at the time of bifurcation of the state and also provisions of Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act. Reportedly on Railway Minister Piyush Goyal's announcement for creation of South Coast Railway with Visakhapatnam as its headquarter, Naidu said the split of 172 years old Waltair division and causing a revenue loss of Rs 6,500 crore to Andhra Pradesh reveals the revenge of the Centre towards the state.
