(FE)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday told the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) ministers who resigned from the Union Cabinet that he is with Andhra Pradesh.This was informed by Y.S. Chowdary at a press conference in presence of Ashok Gajapathi Raju. Union Aviation Minister Raju and Union Minister of State for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Y.S. Chowdary submitted their resignations to Prime Minister Modi on Thursday evening amid the ongoing TDP-BJP tussle over the special status for Andhra Pradesh. They resigned on the directions of TDP chief and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.
“Prime Minister Modi received us cordially and said that whatever delay has happened, but we will work towards it. The Prime Minister said clearly that ‘I am with Andhra Pradesh and I will serve people of the state’,” Chowdary told reporters. Replying a question about what was the way forward, Chowdary said, “We have to ensure whatever commitments and assurances given in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act as well as the promises made by former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on the floor of the Rajya Sabha are fulfilled.”
