3000 and odd crore under the Special Category Status (SCS). The BJP did not have any alternative except to offer the special financial assistance amounting to nearly Rs. 2.25 lakh crore as it could not give SCS against the recommendations of the 14th Finance Commission (FC). Mr. Venkaiah Naidu said the BJP was in favour of the bifurcation from Day 1 but at no point in time did it disregard the requirements of A.P. 22,000 crore out of nearly Rs.1,39,000 crore mobilised by all States in 2015-16 in spite of being a special category state.

Source: The Hindu September 18, 2016 00:02 UTC