Amid reports that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not in favour of declaring cyclonic storm Hudhud as “National Disaster”, AP CM Chandrababu Naidu has played it very masterfully that he has put Modi in a tight spot. AP Legislative Assembly on Saturday passed a resolution asking Centre to announce Hudhud calamity as National Disaster and sought financial aid from the Centre in order to bring back normalcy in the cyclone-affected areas in the Northern Andhra Pradesh.
Naidu-led TDP government had earlier sent a detailed report to the Centre pegging the Hudhud losses at Rs 21,908 crore, but Centre reportedly opined that the losses might not be more than Rs 680 Crore. Although Modi had promised an interim relief assistance of Rs 1000 Crore during his visit to Vizag, so far, Centre has released only Rs 400 Crore.
On other hand, Centre is also delaying the process of awarding Special Category status and financial package to the truncated state of AP. With this, Naidu wants to “expose” Centre through Assembly and public platforms. It’s high time Centre should keep its promises made to the people of Andhra Pradesh.
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