Vijayawada: BJP national president Amit Shah had claimed that his party Ministers in the Telugu Desam government in AP were doing better services. Though he did not compare the BJP Minister’s performance with the TDP Ministers, Shah claimed that one of the two BJP Ministers in AP Cabinet, had received national and international appreciation. He patted AP Minister for Health, Kamineni Srinivas of the BJP, for receiving prestigious awards for the Ministry in the State.

Amit Shah, addressed the party booth level workers here on Thursday saw a good beginning for the BJP in Andhra Pradesh. He claimed that Vijayawada, the land of victory, will give greater victory for BJP in the State soon. He wanted every household in the State to celebrate the next visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the State. He wanted the party leaders and the people to celebrate the visit with lights, fireworks and colours as Modi’s government had given the funds and the projects which were not received after Independence.

The BJP chief claimed that the NDA government had given Rs 1.75 lakh crore to the State in the last three years and had given 11 Central Institutions besides taking up total funding of the Polavaram Porject. Referring to the demand for special category status, Amit Shah said that the BJP-led government at the Center had given equal benefits through Special Package. He said that the special category status was not possible as the 14th Finance Commission had recommended against it and wanted the people to understand the difficulties.

Though some of the BJP activists displayed placards saying “Leave TDP – Save BJP”, Amit Shah did not respond to the slogan. He opted to be silent on the alliance with the TDP leaving the issue for the leaders to keep guessing.