YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) chief Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday termed the hunger strike called by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu against the Centre's 'non-cooperation' on the special status issue as a “means to cheat the people of the state.”
Speaking to reporters, the YSRCP chief said that it would have been better if the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief would have asked his MPs to go on strike with the YSRCP lawmakers to push the Centre for the special category status (SCS).
"He is cheating people again. What happened when all YSRCP MPs resigned and went on hunger strike? If he would've gotten his MPs to do the same then, it would've created a national buzz and the Centre would've given special status to the state," Reddy said.
Naidu earlier announced that he will sit on a one-day hunger strike against the Centre's non-cooperation against the state on April 20.
The Andhra Pradesh politicians have been protesting demanding SCS for Andhra Pradesh, which was promised by the Centre during the bifurcation of the state in 2014.