Coinciding with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to lay the foundation stone for Andhra Pradesh capital city of Amaravati on Vijayadasami on October 22, members of the Special Status Sadana Samiti (SSSS) will observe a day-long fast in the State capital region, Communist Party of India State assistant secretary Mupalla Nageswara Rao said on Wednesday.
Ahead of the Prime Minister's visit, the SSSS floated by the CPI, CPI(M) and like-minded civil society organisations would step up its second phase of stir from October 8 by undertaking a State-wide Padayatra from Anantapur to Srikakulam to exert pressure on the BJP-TDP combine to deliver on its poll promises to the people of the State, he told a press conference here on Wednesday.
Taking exception to reported remarks of Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M.Venkaiah Naidu to the people of the State to reconcile with special funds in view of the rival claims for SCS from several states, he warned the Centre of massive protests for implementation of the then UPA government's decision to accord SCS. ''SCS is very much part of the bifurcation scheme which was implemented against the wishes of Seemandhra people,', he said. Referring to the progress made by Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, which enjoyed SCS, he said ''without the grant of SCS, Andhra Pradesh will remain backward for several decades''. He found fault with Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu for not doing enough to get SCS and other promises made by the Union government at the time of bifurcation.
