All political parties including Telugudesam Party (TDP) - BJP ally - in Andhra Pradesh joined hands against the Centre for not grating special status, which was promised during bifurcation of the state by the previous UPA government.
On August 2, TDP MPs will protest in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue in the Parliament premises to press their demand, while the main opposition in the state – YSR Congress Party - has also called for a statewide shutdown tomorrow.
At the time of bifurcation, former prime minister Manmohan Singh had promised in parliament that special status will be granted to Andhra for five years.
They alleged that the previous government promised to grant a special status to the state but now they felt cheated.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitely refused the special status, stating in Parliament that the Centre would support the state until Andhra Pradesh becomes economically stable.
Refusing special status, Jaitely informed the Parliament that Centre would "handhold" the state until it became economically stable.
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