Andhra Special Status Issue

TDP was a part of NDA in 2014 but quit the ruling alliance in March 2018 before the 2019 elections on the issue of special status to Andhra Pradesh. However, both parties came together after the recent municipal elections in Port Blair.

The ongoing dispute with Telangana over river Krishna waters and implementation of promises made to the state under the AP Reorganisation Act are some of the main issues that the YSR Congress will raise in the ensuing monsoon session of Parliament.

Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital on Tuesday and discussed various issues related to Andhra Pradesh, including the demand for granting special category status to the state, in a meeting which lasted close to 45 minutes.

Andhra Pradesh's Chief Minister-elect Jagan Mohan Reddy met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah in Delhi on Sunday to discuss the several issues including the Special Category status for the state. Mr Reddy also discussed the state's financial situation and sought Central funds during the meeting with PM Modi, reported news agency Press Trus...

A day after staking claim to form government in Andhra Pradesh, YSR Congress Party chief Jagan Mohan Reddy met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi. Mr Reddy, whose party achieved a landslide victory in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday, had an hour-long meeting with the PM where he discussed the issues of special category status to Andhra Pradesh and ...

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Andhra Pradesh on March 1, Congress leader KVP Ramachandra Rao has demanded thatPM Modi immediately issue instructions for implementation of provisions of the AP Reorganisation Act, including special category status to the state

Raucous opposition protests over Rafale deal and other issues forced adjournment in both houses of parliament for the fifth consecutive day without any business being conducted. The day started on a stormy note as the government and opposition sparred over Rafale and the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK and the opposition DMK protes...

A bandh called by main Opposition YSR Congress against the Centre's stance over granting special category status (SCS) to Andhra Pradesh, evoked mixed response across the state today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP-led government will face a no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The no confidence motion was moved by the Opposition and accepted in the Lok Sabha at the start of the monsoon session of the Parliament. The motion was moved against the government on several issues - special status to Andhra Pradesh, mob...

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is to raise strongly a host of the state issues, including the centre's refusal to grant 'special category status' to it, during the NITI Aayog meeting in New Delhi today.

The second phase of the parliament's budget session was a complete washout as opposition parties, including allies of the NDA, vehemently protested against various issues including the establishment of the Cauvery Management Board, farmer's issues, according special status to Andhra Pradesh, among others. As a mark of protest against the disruption...

The 13th day of second leg of Budget session of Parliament was a washout with opposition protests against issues like the banking scam, Cauvery issue and according of special status to Andhra Pradesh.

The second budget session of the parliament has majorly been a washout for 12 consecutive days after vehement opposition protests against issues like the banking scam, Cauvery issue and according of special status to Andhra Pradesh. In the Lok Sabha, the no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government was moved by Chandrababu Naidu's TDP ...

Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day minutes after senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad flagged three issues and demanded discussion on them. This was the second straight adjournment in two days -- yesterday, the upper house was adjourned early following protests over Cauvery waters issue by the members of AIADMK and demands on local issues by ...

Lok Sabha proceedings were paralysed for the ninth consecutive day today as several parties, including NDA constituent TDP, continued their noisy protests over various issues, including the PNB scam and special status for Andhra Pradesh.

TDP was a part of NDA in 2014 but quit the ruling alliance in March 2018 before the 2019 elections on the issue of special status to Andhra Pradesh. However, both parties came together after the recent municipal elections in Port Blair.

The ongoing dispute with Telangana over river Krishna waters and implementation of promises made to the state under the AP Reorganisation Act are some of the main issues that the YSR Congress will raise in the ensuing monsoon session of Parliament.

Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital on Tuesday and discussed various issues related to Andhra Pradesh, including the demand for granting special category status to the state, in a meeting which lasted close to 45 minutes.

Andhra Pradesh's Chief Minister-elect Jagan Mohan Reddy met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah in Delhi on Sunday to discuss the several issues including the Special Category status for the state. Mr Reddy also discussed the state's financial situation and sought Central funds during the meeting with PM Modi, reported news agency Press Trus...

A day after staking claim to form government in Andhra Pradesh, YSR Congress Party chief Jagan Mohan Reddy met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi. Mr Reddy, whose party achieved a landslide victory in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday, had an hour-long meeting with the PM where he discussed the issues of special category status to Andhra Pradesh and ...

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Andhra Pradesh on March 1, Congress leader KVP Ramachandra Rao has demanded thatPM Modi immediately issue instructions for implementation of provisions of the AP Reorganisation Act, including special category status to the state

Raucous opposition protests over Rafale deal and other issues forced adjournment in both houses of parliament for the fifth consecutive day without any business being conducted. The day started on a stormy note as the government and opposition sparred over Rafale and the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Tamil Nadu's ruling AIADMK and the opposition DMK protes...

A bandh called by main Opposition YSR Congress against the Centre's stance over granting special category status (SCS) to Andhra Pradesh, evoked mixed response across the state today.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP-led government will face a no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha on Friday. The no confidence motion was moved by the Opposition and accepted in the Lok Sabha at the start of the monsoon session of the Parliament. The motion was moved against the government on several issues - special status to Andhra Pradesh, mob...

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is to raise strongly a host of the state issues, including the centre's refusal to grant 'special category status' to it, during the NITI Aayog meeting in New Delhi today.

The second phase of the parliament's budget session was a complete washout as opposition parties, including allies of the NDA, vehemently protested against various issues including the establishment of the Cauvery Management Board, farmer's issues, according special status to Andhra Pradesh, among others. As a mark of protest against the disruption...

The 13th day of second leg of Budget session of Parliament was a washout with opposition protests against issues like the banking scam, Cauvery issue and according of special status to Andhra Pradesh.

The second budget session of the parliament has majorly been a washout for 12 consecutive days after vehement opposition protests against issues like the banking scam, Cauvery issue and according of special status to Andhra Pradesh. In the Lok Sabha, the no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government was moved by Chandrababu Naidu's TDP ...

Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day minutes after senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad flagged three issues and demanded discussion on them. This was the second straight adjournment in two days -- yesterday, the upper house was adjourned early following protests over Cauvery waters issue by the members of AIADMK and demands on local issues by ...

Lok Sabha proceedings were paralysed for the ninth consecutive day today as several parties, including NDA constituent TDP, continued their noisy protests over various issues, including the PNB scam and special status for Andhra Pradesh.