Support Rahul Gandhi If You Want SCS For Andhra: Cong To TRS

Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president N Raghuveera Reddy wrote a letter to Telangana CM Chandrasekhar Rao.

Congress has sought support from TRS to enable Congress party president Rahul Gandhi win the elections and get SCS for Andhra Pradesh.

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The Congress on Tuesday, sought the Telangana Rashtra Samiti’s (TRS) support to enable Congress party president Rahul Gandhi form the next government at the Centre once the ongoing general elections are over, so that the state can get Special Category Status.

Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president N Raghuveera Reddy wrote a letter to TRS president and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao in this regard.

“I would first like to thank you for categorically extending support to the demand for according Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh,” stated Reddy in the letter.

He said that since the BJP has rejected the SCS demand and Rahul Gandhi promised to sign the first file granting the Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh upon becoming the prime minister, “I request you to support our party to form the next government at the Centre,” added Reddy in the letter.

He reiterated that Andhra Pradesh would get special status only if a government under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi was formed at the Centre, and added that the Congress had listed this in its election manifesto as well.

“I have requested the main parties in Andhra Pradesh, TDP, YSR Congress and Jana Sena to set politics aside and support the Congress to secure SCS for the state,” stated Reddy in the letter.

He went on to state that “since you have already supported the SCS demand, I request you to support the Congress to form the government at the Centre”.

The APCC president pleaded to not support the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) to prevent “further injustice done” to Andhra Pradesh.

(With inputs from PTI.)