TDP Quits NDA Highlights: Centre Willing To Give Special Status To Andhra Pradesh, Says Arun Jaitley
Mar 16, 2018 19:21:17 (IST)
Amid a standoff between TDP and NDA, ruling at the centre, Finance Minster Arun Jaitley said today that the central government was "willing to give special status to Andhra Pradesh".
"We have been waiting endlessly for a response from Andhra Pradesh to resolve the special package issue," Mr Jaitley was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
He added that centre had always been willing to give a special package equivalent to a special category state to Andhra Pradesh.