<p>Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu began his day-long fast here on Friday to demand Special Category Status (SCS) to the state.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Incidentally, April 20 also happens to be the Telugu Desam Party chief’s birthday.</p>

<p>Naidu's hunger strike at Vijayawada's Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation Stadium started at 7 am and will end at 7 pm to pressurise the Centre to grant the SCS to Andhra Pradesh.</p>

<p>The strategy for the hunger strike was finalised by the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet, chaired by Naidu, on Monday.</p>

<p>Thirteen ministers of Naidu’s cabinet will also organise simultaneous hunger strikes in the districts for which they are in-charge ministers. Remaining ministers will take part in the hunger strike along with the Chief Minister.</p>

<p>The Andhra Pradesh politicians have been protesting demanding SCS to Andhra Pradesh.</p>

<p>The Naidu-led Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled Centre have been at the loggerheads ever since the announcement of 2018-19 Union Budget.</p>

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<p>The TDP alleged that the Centre ignored the demand of ‘Special Category Status’ to Andhra Pradesh in the budget, while the latter brushed aside the charges.</p>

<p>Naidu has been calling for the special category status to Andhra Pradesh. Asserting his demand, the TDP had quit the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) last month.</p>

<p>The TDP’s departure came after two of its ministers resigned from the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Cabinet on March 8.</p>

<p>The Centre pays 90 per cent of the funds required in a centrally-sponsored scheme to special category status category states as against 60 per cent in case of normal category states, while the remaining funds are provided by the state governments.</p>

<p>The SCS was first accorded in 1969 to Jammu and Kashmir, Assam and Nagaland. Over the years, eight more states were added to the list – Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tripura and, finally, in 2010, Uttarakhand.</p>


Chandrababu Naidu has also reportedly asked his Cabinet colleagues, party cadres and legislators to join him in the day long hunger strike to protest the ‘injustice’ meted out to by the Centre over its failure to grant the special category status to Andhra Pradesh.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu began his day-long fast here on Friday to demand Special Category Status (SCS) to the state. Incidentally, April 20 also happens to be the Telugu Desam Party chief’s birthday. Naidu's hunger strike at Vijayawada's Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation Stadium started at 7 am and will end at 7 pm to pressurise the Centre to grant the SCS to Andhra Pradesh. The strategy for the hunger strike was finalised by the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet, chaired by Naidu, on Monday. Thirteen ministers of Naidu’s cabinet will also organise simultaneous hunger strikes in the districts for which they are in-charge ministers. Remaining ministers will take part in the hunger strike along with the Chief Minister. The Andhra Pradesh politicians have been protesting demanding SCS to Andhra Pradesh. The Naidu-led Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled Centre have been at the loggerheads ever since the announcement of 2018-19 Union Budget. Vijayawada: CM Chandrababu Naidu on a one-day hunger strike against 'Centre's non-cooperation with the state' #AndhraPradesh #SpecialStatus pic.twitter.com/xMKIP4y8bP — ANI (@ANI) April 20, 2018 × The TDP alleged that the Centre ignored the demand of ‘Special Category Status’ to Andhra Pradesh in the budget, while the latter brushed aside the charges. Naidu has been calling for the special category status to Andhra Pradesh. Asserting his demand, the TDP had quit the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) last month. The TDP’s departure came after two of its ministers resigned from the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Cabinet on March 8. The Centre pays 90 per cent of the funds required in a centrally-sponsored scheme to special category status category states as against 60 per cent in case of normal category states, while the remaining funds are provided by the state governments. The SCS was first accorded in 1969 to Jammu and Kashmir, Assam and Nagaland. Over the years, eight more states were added to the list – Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim, Tripura and, finally, in 2010, Uttarakhand.

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