
He reminded that in the first year after the division of the State, the Union government was supposed to provide an assistance of Rs 16,000 crore to AP to help it overcome the fiscal deficit. But the Centre sanctioned only Rs 7,000 crore.
He however welcomed the request made by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu to extend 108 clause for another two years.
Speaking to reporters here on Saturday, Arun Kumar opined that Opposition Leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy might have met Prime Minister Narendra Modi as part of coalition politics.
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