VIJAYAWADA: APCC chief N Raghuveera Reddy has appealed to Telangana Chief Minister and TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao to support the Congress to form a government led by All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Rahul Gandhi at the Centre. In a letter to KCR, Andhra Congress chief Raghuveera Reddy expressed confidence over the formation of the Congress government at the Centre and that Rahul Gandhi would be the next Prime Minister.

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At the same time, Reddy also thanked the Telangana CM for his statement of support demanding Special Category Status (SCS) to Andhra Pradesh. “The BJP government failed to fulfill the promises made in the state reorganization act. Even now they are saying special status is impossible. Rahul Gandhi clearly said he will make his first signature in the special status file,” Reddy said in the letter. He urged KCR to not support the BJP as it is against the aspirations of people.

Reddy reminded that the Congress had promised to accord SCS to AP immediately after coming to power and hence, stressed the need for the Congress to come to power at the Centre. The SCS is on the Congress manifesto, Reddy said and added that it would be the first file on which Gandhi would sign after coming to power.

In the letter, Raghuveera also mentioned that he wrote letters to TDP, YSRC and Jana Sena on April 14 seeking their support to the Congress for forming government at the Centre after the elections to make  Special Category Status to AP a reality.

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