The Andhra Pradesh Assembly today adopted a resolution demanding a special session of Parliament to discuss implementation of the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014, an issue over which the ruling TDP pulled out of BJP-led NDA at the Centre last month.
On the concluding day of its budget session, the assembly adopted the resolution asking the Centre to reconvene Parliament to discuss issues related to the state and render justice.
Parliament was adjourned sine die today, bringing to close a tumultuous budget session that witnessed repeated disruptions over various issues, including special status for Andhra Pradesh, and did not take up notices on no-confidence motion moved by TDP and others.
Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who piloted the resolution in the assembly, accused the Central government of acting in an autocratic manner and ensuring that the no-confidence motion against it did not come up for discussion despite the TDP MPs "waging a relentless struggle" till the last minute.
"The assembly takes strong exception to this. The Centre acted in a conspiratorial manner and stalled the no-confidence motion despite several parties supporting it," the resolution said.
Stating that the AP Reorganisation Bill was enacted against the wishes of five crore people of the state, it said several promises, including grant of special category status, were made in the Rajya Sabha.
But the current Central government 'betrayed' the people by not implementing the act and also the promises, it said.
"It is the Centres responsibility to fulfil all the promises. If not, the assembly construes it as an affront to the Constitutional spirit," the resolution added.
Attacking the Centre, Naidu recalled his visit to New Delhi on April 3 and 4 and said he briefed various parties and the national media on how the Narendra Modi government 'betrayed' the people of AP.
"People of the state have been demanding in one voice that all the promises be fulfilled. I sought the support of various parties to secure justice to the state," he said.
The Chief Minister claimed that his New Delhi trip was a "success in exposing the dramas" of BJP chief Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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