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VIJAYAWADA: At a time when the Centre has made it clear that it can not accord special category status to AP, CM N Chandrababu Naidu again brought the demand to the fore and said there is no compromise on the issue.

Addressing the gathering during May Day celebrations in Vijayawada on Sunday, he said there are some, who have intentionally launched a propaganda that he had compromised on the ‘Special Status Issue’. “There is no compromise, when it comes to the state and its people’s welfare and development,” he said.

Naidu said they have not desired for the state bifurcation, but it was pressed upon them, hence it is for the central government to help AP in every aspect.

Naidu said when the special category status was proposed for five years, they had demanded that it implemented for ten years and it is the responsibility of the Centre to see it happens.

He claimed that they have joined the Union Cabinet in view of the state’s interest and for its better future and not because of any love for ministerial berths. “During the previous NDA regime, when A B Vajpayee was the Prime Minister, we were invited to join the cabinet, but we had declined, though it would have fetched more minister posts than today,” he said.

He said he had demanded for equal justice during bifurcation, but it had not happened and division was done in an unscientific manner.