Mr. Jaitley reeled out the statistics of the monetary assistance provided by the Centre since the birth of A.P. In his brief remarks, Mr. Venkaiah Naidu said Delhi would continue to extend all support to A.P. High drama and suspense reigned supreme through the day on the kind of special package the Centre would finalise for Andhra Pradesh even as hectic consultations began among Mr. Jaitley, Rajnath Singh, Mr. Venkaiah Naidu and Union Minister for State for Science and Technology, Y.S. Mr. Chowdary kept briefing Chief Minister Naidu all through the day and at one point there was speculation that he could take a special flight to Delhi to be present when the package was announced. But top TDP leaders ruled out the possibility of the Chief Minister proceeding to Delhi without getting a concrete point-by-point package offer from the Centre.

Source: The Hindu September 07, 2016 20:46 UTC