The SCS, promised to Seemandhra (new Andhra Pradesh) on the floor of parliament by the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has become an emotional issue in the state with the opposition parties in particular forcefully demanding that the NDA government keep up the promise.
YSR Congress president and opposition leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy held a meeting in Kurnool district to voice the demand for SCS.
Actor-turned-politician and Janasena party founder Pawan Kalyan had also been pushing the case for SCS.
Top BJP leaders, including Arun Jaitley and Venkaiah Naidu, who are now in government, had also demanded according SCS to Andhra Pradesh during the previous UPA regime.
The Centre would “100 per cent” announce a special railway zone at Visakhapatnam “soon”, Chowdary, a representative of TDP in the NDA government, said.
“Yes, 100 per cent. We will have a railway zone in Visakhapatnam soon. Our leader N Chandrababu Naidu has emphasised enough times and we have no doubt.
With the Railway Minister (Suresh Prabhu) being an MP (Rajya Sabha member) from Andhra Pradesh, we need have no worries.
In fact, Suresh Prabhuji has already announced several projects for AP with the belief of our NDA government that Railways can and should become the backbone for economic development,” he said.
(Sourced from agencies, feature image courtesy:oneindia.com)
