Hyderabad: Four major promises were made to Andhra Pradesh at the time of bifurcation, promises that could have provided a significant boost to the beleaguered state following the loss of Hyderabad.
They are: special status to AP for ten years, a new railway zone with Visakhapatnam as headquarters, allocation of sufficient funds for speedy completion of Polavaram and financial assistance for the construction of the new capital, Amaravathi.
Not a single one of those promises have been fulfilled to date, even though it is two years since bifurcation.
One can understand the failure of the state government in getting these promises implemented if they were at opposition with the Centre. But here, the ruling party, the TDP is actually in an alliance with the BJP. So, there can be no excuses.
Any self-respecting party would have pulled out of such an alliance by now, but not the TDP. It is highly unlikely that even one of these promises would be fulfilled by 2019.
As for special category status, the Centre has categorically said that AP will not get it which eaves three out of four remaining. And they will continue to remain!
