Not pressuring for any post, priority is state finances, rebuilding Amaravati — Naidu after Delhi trip

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New Delhi:Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, whose Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is a key ally of the ruling NDA, has said he has three top priorities to fix the states finances, reconstruct Amaravati as capital and get the Centres assistance to complete the multi-purpose irrigation project, Polavaram...

He said this after a two-day visit to Delhi during which he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his top cabinet colleagues including Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, seeking enhanced central funding for Andhra Pradesh...

Addressing reporters in the capital after a string of meetings with central ministers, Naidu made it clear that he was very much with the BJP on its coalition agenda and had no plans to create any trouble for the ruling combination...

A TDP source privy to the development said that Naidu gave a detailed memorandum on the states dire fiscal status while seeking central funds...

Nadu, who returned to Andhra Pradesh Friday said he would be meeting his Telangana counterpart Revanth Reddy tomorrow to sort out issues related to the states bifurcation in 2014...

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