The All-India Congress Committee President Sonia Gandhi has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure that Special Status is granted to the State of Andhra Pradesh.

In a letter addressed to the Prime Minister on Thursday, Sonia Gandhi sought to draw the attention of the Government to the letter dated June 22, 2014 on the implementation of Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, where she requested for ensuring all commitments made to the people of the successor state of Andhra Pradesh are fulfilled in letter and spirit.

She wrote, “Even after eight months of division of Andhra Pradesh, many of the investment and other commitments made by the Government of India have not been fulfilled. Special category status announced to the successor State of Andhra Pradesh, by the then Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh on the floor of the Rajya Sabha on February 20, 2014 is not yet been secured.”

The Prime Minister was requested to ensure that Special category status to the state is announced immediately. She reiterated the resolve to fulfil all these commitments in a time bound manner was conveyed in the special address of the President to both the Houses of Parliament at the commencement of the Budget session.

“I would like to urge you to ensure that adequate resources are provided in the Budget proposals of the Government of India, to provide financial assistance to AP to overcome severe shortage of revenue and support construction of capital. Adequate budget provisions need to be made to various Ministries of Government of India to enable implementation of the development package committed in the Act,” she wrote.

She wanted requisite allocations need to be shown to the Railway Budget to fulfil commitments relating to the Indian Railways.

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