YSR Cong MPs To Quit if AP Not Granted ‘Special Category Status’

YSRC members will resign on 6 April if Centre does not accept the demand, said party chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy.

The YSR Congress (YSRC) on 13 February said its Lok Sabha members would resign in April if their demand for Special Category Status (SCS) to Andhra Pradesh was not fulfilled by the Centre.

Members of Parliament from the YSRC will resign on 6 April if the Centre does not accept the demand, party president YS Jaganmohan Reddy announced on Tuesday.

YSRC MPs would fight for SCS in Parliament when the Budget Session resumes on 5 March, he said.

We will fight till 6 April and if the SCS issue is not settled, our MPs will quit their posts. 

Reddy said at a public meeting in SPS Nellore district.