Amravati
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has offered to be an anchor in forging a third front for the formation of a non-BJP, non-Congress government at the Centre.

Ruling out his own possibility of taking a lead role for himself in Delhi, Naidu said he would fulfil his moral responsibility of bringing together a formidable opposition. “People are disappointed with the current government so it’s natural that an alternative will emerge,” he added.
Naidu said as of now he could not reveal the details of this alliance as these efforts could be sabotaged. He added that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was morally bound to come out with an explanation on Rafale, especially after the former French President made a statement that points finger at the Modi government.

“The BJP government has failed on all fronts and there is disappointment on all counts. Like every citizen even I had a lot of expectations from the Prime Minister, but now there are only disappointments from demonetisation to bad implementation of GST, people’s loss in faith in the Indian economy and distrust in banks. When such a situation prevails, alternatives automatically emerge,” he added.

On being asked about funding for new state Capital Amravati, the CM said the Centre had given only Rs 1,500 crore after making a promise to fund the new capital when Andhra Pradesh was split into two with the creation of Telangana.

“We need Rs 48,000 crore. Despite the Centre going back on its promise in the bifurcation Act to build a new capital and giving Andhra a special status, we are committed to build a new capital that will become habitable in the next one year with at least 5,000 families living there,” he added.

Naidu said his Telugu Desam Party was going to play a major role against the BJP as it failed to fulfil promises made to the state at the time of its bifurcation. All promises made in the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, remain unfulfilled.