The BJP government at the Centre once again clarified that there would be no question of giving special concessions or tax exemptions to Andhra Pradesh. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari told Lok Sabha that it would not be possible to give special treatment to one particular state ignoring the interests of all other states. Replying to a query from YCP MP Avinash Reddy, the Union Minister said in a straight forward manner that the Centre is interested in implementing any policy uniformly applicable to all the states in the country.

This is not the first time that the YCP MPs got such negative replies from the BJP Ministers and national leaders.
Avinash Reddy told Lok Sabha that Special Status was promised to AP at the time of separate statehood but it was not fulfilled till now. No industries had come up in the past five years. The young generation is suffering due to lack of job opportunities, said the YCP MP.

Analysts say that the BJP is slowly taking a hard line against CM Jaganmohan Reddy as he is not keeping silent on Special Status despite several cautions issued by the BJP top leaders. On his part, Jagan and his party leaders are raising this demand wherever possible giving embarrassment to the Modi-Shah duo.