"Whom are they trying to cheat? You want to cheat the common people?" Naidu angrily questioned at a press conference upon his return from the national capital.
"Why did you agree to a special discussion (on special status issue) when a private member's bill (moved by Congress member K V P Ramachandra Rao) has been tabled in Rajya Sabha? Now you have referred it to the Lok Sabha Speaker to determine whether or not it is a Money Bill.
"The Congress has a different agenda, so it is politicising the (special status) issue. Whether it is a Money Bill or not is a different issue. It's not correct to stifle us between the two (Congress and BJP). What we want is special status," the chief minister asserted.
He also found fault with his party MP and Union MoS for Science and Technology Y S Chowdary for thumping the desks in Rajya Sabha, along with other Union Ministers, when the Deputy Chairman announced referring of the private member's Bill to Lok Sabha Speaker in the morning.