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Did Andhra govt sanction Rs 11 cr for Naidu's Delhi protest? TDP differs

Chandrababu Naidu protested at Delhi's Andhra Bhavan demanding that the Centre fulfil all promises made during Andhra Pradesh's bifurcation in 2014 and grant a special category status to the state

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If the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s one-day long hunger strike in Delhi did indeed cause the state exchequer a whopping Rs 11 crore, protests are becoming an expensive affair. The state government reportedly released an order on February 6 allocating Rs 11.12 crore as part of the protest expenditure. The state government booked two special trains with twenty coaches each to ferry those attending the protest. The government reportedly sanctioned Rs 1.2 crore for the same and released another Rs 10 crore for “meeting the expenditure of the one-day protest in New Delhi." Around 1100 rooms were

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