KCR calls AP a 'Third Class' State
Hyderabad, Feb 22nd: Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday called Andhra Pradesh a 'third class' State. Speaking at an interactive session with journalists at the TS Press Academy he made controversial comments on the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Though he made it clear that 'Andhra' journalists working in Telangana will never be discriminated, he expressed his displeasure with the AP government for following Telangana on every issue.
'AP has fallen in a pit by constantly comparing itself with Telangana. Financially, Telangana is in a better position than AP,' he said, adding 'if at all Telangana has to be measured, it must be against Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala... definitely not AP.'
Explaining further, he pointed out, 'The urban population of TS stands at 40.6% while that of AP has fallen to 22.5. TS GDP is more than the national average. That was why we announced 43% fitment to employees. AP followed suit but the burden on it is over `10,000 crore. I heard it is looking for loans to pay Feb salaries.'
News Posted: 21 February, 2015
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