Chandrababu Naidu again seeks financial package for Andhra Pradesh ahead of Budget
Union budget presentation on July 23, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is on a two-day visit to Delhi to push for the demands raised by him for his state with central ministers.
Naidu, a key ally in the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government, met Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday evening. He is slated to meet other Union ministers on Wednesday. At his meeting with Shah, Naidu raised the issue of his state's fiscal condition. Naidu apprised Shah that he will be releasing a white paper on this on Thursday — his government's fourth since assuming power last month.
Naidu took to microblogging site X and said, «Today in New Delhi, I met with the Hon'ble Union Home Minister, Shri @AmitShah Ji, to apprise him of the devastating condition of finances that Andhra Pradesh had slipped into over the past five years. I also discussed the findings of the four White Papers released, outlining the staggering debt accumulated between FY 2019-24 that spiralled our State's finances out of control. Economic incompetence, gross mismanagement, and rampant corruption by the previous government have caused irreparable damage to our State.»
The visit is significant as it is the TDP chief’s second in 10 days. Highly-placed sources told ET that this visit is different from Naidu’s previous one though Naidu has been absolutely tight-lipped about the agenda of his visit.
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