Gorantla Butchaiah lashes out at BJP over special status

Amaravati: Senior politician and Telugu Desam MLA Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary created a sensation by levelling allegations against the BJP during the mini Mahanadu meeting held at Guntur on Saturday.

Addressing the meeting, Mr Butchaiah Chowdary lamented that the residuary AP was badly affected due to bifurcation. He alleged that the BJP is the first political party to propose united AP bifurcation. He recalled that during its party meeting at Kakinada, the BJP proposed two states theory and demanded Special Category Status for 10 years during the passing of AP State Reorganisation Bill in the Rajya Sabha.

Mr Butchaiah Chowdary alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after visiting the affected areas of Visakhapatnam during HudHud cyclone, had announced Rs 1.000 crore aid, but sanctioned only Rs 535 crore to AP. The  Prime Ministerhad the BJP will fulfill all bifurcation promises.

He demanded that the Union government announce a special package to AP besides Special Category Status. He said that BJP leader Somu Veerraju was unnecessarily levelling allegations that the TD government was violating the election pact between the two parties. He alleged thatr Mr Veerraju was unfit even to win as a ward member. He opined that Mr Veerraju has no knowledge about development activities of the TD government.

Mr Butchaiah predicted that AP people will teach a strong lesson to the BJP in the next election if the BJP fails to fulfil all the demands promised.