Congress party will adopt a declaration on SCS at Tirupati meet on March 1, says APCC chief Y.S. Sharmila
The Hindu
Congress party will adopt a declaration on SCS at Tirupati meet on March 1, says APCC chief Y.S. Sharmila. Special Category Status is our right, she insists and accuses the YSRCP and the TDP of pushing such a crucial issue to the backburner.
The Congress party in Andhra Pradesh will adopt a declaration on Special Category Status (SCS) at its proposed Tirupati meeting scheduled on March 1, to bring the crucial issue back into focus, says APCC president Y.S. Sharmila.
Addressing the media here on February 28 (Wednesday), Ms. Sharmila said the party would adopt the declaration at the same place and venue from where Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made a promise to the people of Andhra Pradesh on granting the SCS and other projects that find mention in the A.P. State Reorganisation Act, 2014.
“The Congress believes in balancing welfare and development,” Ms. Sharmila said, pointing to the ‘Indiramma Abhayam’ scheme announced by the party at its recent Anantapur meeting.
“The SCS is important for the development of our State. It is our right,” she said, launching a scathing attack on the YSR Congress Party and the Opposition TDP “for placing the crucial issue on the backburner to further their selfish motives.”
She said both the regional parties used the SCS only to garner votes. Recalling Mr. Modi’s promises made in Tirupati, she said besides SCS, he had promised to transform Andhra Pradesh into a hardware hub as part of the Centre’s ‘Make in India’ initiative. There was also a mention of a Petroleum Research University, and he had said that “we will build a capital of Andhra Pradesh which would be grander than the national capital.”
Stating that the BJP was in power at the Centre for the last 10 years but did not bother to fulfil any of the promises it made to the State, Ms. Sharmila said the most tragic part was despite the “grand betrayal by the party, the YSR Congress and the TDP in the State have been vying to appease the Centre.”
“The neighbouring States have been witnessing rapid development in all spheres, but for us, it’s a backward march,” she said.
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