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(With inputs from agencies)

NEW DELHI: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday reiterated his party's support to special category status for Andhra Pradesh , saying it would top the list of priorities "when we come to power in 2019.""This afternoon I joined the protests at Jantar Mantar demanding "Special Status" for Andhra Pradesh. It is my belief that if the opposition stands united on this issue, we can force the BJP Govt to do justice to the people of Andhra," wrote Gandhi on Twitter, with a video and the hashtag 'INCStandsWithAndhra'.In the video, Gandhi promises the people of Andhra Pradesh "what is due" to them."I am confident that if we stand together, we will convince the Government of India and Narendra Modi that what is due to the people of Andhra Pradesh should be given to them at once.""Our stance has been very, very clear. We are for special category status of Andhra and the first thing we will do when we come to power in 2019 is to give special category status to Andhra," he can be heard saying.This is not the first time the Congress leader took to social media to express his support for special category status for the state.Last month too, he took to Twitter to endorse "the just demands of the people of Andhra Pradesh."Yesterday, Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan requested the Centre to expedite the resolution of all provisions in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, including according special category status to the state.He promised that the state government "would not rest" till its dream of emerging as a power to reckon with in the Asia-Pacific region were realised."As per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, and the assurances made, the Government of India (GoI) has to fulfil commitments of the special category status, bridging the resource gap and completion of the Polavaram project with the funds of GoI," the Governor said.