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Rahul Gandhi slams Centre for not granting special status

Ananthapauram Feb 02 (UNI): AICC Vice President Rahul Gandhi slammed the NDA led Central government for failing in granting Special State Status to Andhra Pradesh and alleged that it was the first government since Independence which had failed fulfilling its assurance.
Addressing a public meeting, organised by the Congress party on the occasion of the completion of 10 years of Mahatma Gandhi National Employment Guarantee Scheme at Bandlapalli village of the district in Andhra Pradesh, he said that it was the moral responsibility of the Centre to fulfill its assurances.
“The then Central government had given assurance of granting Special State status to AP. Now it is the moral responsibility of Prime Minister to grant Special status” Mr Rahul Gandhi said.
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