Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy reached the national capital on Thursday evening and is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss pending issues of the state, the officials said.
The chief minister is expected to call on Modi and central ministers on Friday, they said.
Sources said the YSR Congress party (YSRCP) chief is expected to discuss the issues of special category status and the financial help of Rs 2.58 lakh crore to the debt-ridden state.
He is also expected to request both Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to fulfil all the commitments made under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, the sources added.
Earlier on Saturday, as Jagan completed six months in office, former CM Chandrababu Naidu took potshots by alleging that the YSRCP government’s only achievement during this period is the amount of debt it had accumulated.
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president claimed that the Jagan Mohan Reddy-led government had stacked up Rs 25,000 crore in debt in six months.
"This means that every month, the government borrowed Rs 3,500 crore, but has not undertaken a single development work," the Leader of Opposition tweeted. He also posted a report published in a Telugu daily which claimed that the state had set a new record in borrowing.
Meanwhile, several TDP leaders including Srikakulam MP Ram Mohan Naidu have also lashed out at the YSRCP government.
After coming to power in May, YSRCP had alleged that Chandrababu Naidu, during his five-year rule, had plunged the state into Rs 2.58 lakh crore in debt.
With PTI inputs