Congress questions PM Modi: Amid Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Amravati, the Congress on Friday sarcasted him and asked if he would fulfill the much awaited promise of giving special status to Andhra Pradesh?
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh asked that the government has started implementing the approach of the Congress’ justice letter with the announcement of caste census, so will it also fulfill the much awaited promise of giving special state status to Andhra Pradesh. Prime Minister Modi made the same promise in Tirupati in March 2014.
The Congress leader said in his post on the social media site X, ‘Apart from this, many other commitments made in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act have not been met – including Kadappa Steel Plant, Duggijupatnam port, Kakinada Petro Complex and an agricultural university for the state. They kept pulling back on them for ten years. Will they finally complete them?
The Prime Minister is in Amravati today. Since he has started implementing the vision of @INCIndia’s Nyay Patra with the announcement of the caste census, will he also deliver on the long-awaited promise of Special Category Status for Andhra Pradesh? He had promised the same in… pic.twitter.com/giDBXzejJT
– jairam ramesh (@Jairam_ramesh) May 2, 2025
This statement of the opposition party has come before Prime Minister Modi’s program to be held in Amravati, where it will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of Rs 58,000 crore projects, including re -construction of the Greenfield capital city.
The Center on Wednesday announced that the caste census would be part of the next census, which will include caste details for the first time after independence. The Congress has credited its pressure policy for the government’s decision of caste census.
edited by : Nrapendra Gupta