Chandrababu asks centre 'Who gave you the right' on Davos visit
andhrapradesh | Written by : Suryaa Desk
Alleging that the Centre was creating obstacles in the efforts of the State government to prevent development, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has said the attempts of the BJP government to thwart the development of Andhra Pradesh will remain futile.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi is frightened that Gujarat will lag behind AP if we get more investments and hence he is trying to pull us back. But, I am sure that AP will go ahead and emerge as the top State of the country,” the Chief Minister asserted.
He lambasted the Centre for imposing restrictions on his visit to Davos to attract investments to the State. “Who gave you (Centre) the right? Is it the spirit of cooperative federalism? We will never allow the dominance of the Centre on States and that is our spirit. Telugu people will not compromise and continue to fight against those trying to suppress us with the self-respect slogan by our party founder and former Chief Minister NT Rama Rao,” the TDP supremo said.
It may be noted here the State government sought the Centre’s permission to approve the visit of Chief Minister and his entourage to Davos for participating in the World Economic Forum for seven days, but the Union External Affairs Ministry allowed the visit only for four days.