Two TDP ministers from Andhra to resign from union cabinet

New Delhi: Following an emergency meeting, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and Telugu Desam Party(TDP) National President N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday decided to quit from the Union Cabinet here.Naidu held an emergency meeting after Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s press conference.

The mounting pressures from TDP senior leaders and MPs forced Naidu to ask two Union ministers P Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Y Sujana Chowdary to tender their resignation on Thursday.

Naidu tweeted: The Centre has been taking one sided decisions and our patience has run out now. When the purpose of joining the union cabinet hasn’t been fulfilled, it’s best to resign now. I am not angry with anyone. This decision has been taken only to benefit the people of Andhra Pradesh. I tried reaching out to the Prime Minister to inform him about our decision. But sadly, he was unavailable.

Naidu earlier today gave a marathon speech for more than two-and-half-hours in the Andhra Assembly on the ‘injustice meted to the state’ by the BJP-led NDA government by not according Special Category Status (SCS) and other AP-organisation Act 2014 provisions.