Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu during his first official tour to the national capital New Delhi as Chief Minister met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other key union ministers and mainly focused on seeking central assistance to rescue the state from the financial mess created by previous YS Jaganmohan Reddy’s regime.
The visit gained significance as he is meeting them ahead of the union budget, which is scheduled to be presented by the end of this month. During his halfen hour private meeting with the Prime Minister he has reportedly raised key issues related to the state, in which he sought intervention of the Center.
The issues mentioned by him include approval of revised estimates of Polavaram project, which is pending with the Center from the time of TDP’s earlier regime. He also focused on pending bifurcation issues between two Telugu states, that are waiting for a resolution for the last 10 years.
Chandrababu Naidu has brought forward to the notice of the Prime Minister on the pending electricity charges to be paid by the Telangana government. Moreover, he sought Center’s assistance in construction of Amaravati capital. Already finance minister Payyavula Keshav has asked Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to provide Rs 15,000 crore for Amaravati in the forthcoming union budget.
Chief Minister has also asked for the Prime Minister’s assistance to enable the state government to resolve issues created by the previous government’s destructive attitude. He also wants to provide support for infrastructure projects and reconstruction activities.
He mentioned important infrastructure projects like Anantapur- Amaravati Expressway, that were pending from the time of previous TDP regime and door-to-door drinking water supply under Jal Jeevan Mission.
Chandrababu Naidu also had meetings with union minister Piyush Goyal, who hosted breakfast for him, Nirmala Sitharaman and Nitin Gadkari.
Ministers K. Rammohan Naidu, Pemmasani Chandrasekhar, Srinivasa Verma, State Ministers Payyavula Keshav, BC Janardhan Reddy, State MPs, Chief Secretary Nirab Kumar Prasad and other dignitaries were accompanied by the Chief Minister.
