Jagan Mohan Reddy claims that he is fighting for AP and its people but not for his own sake or interests. He blames AP Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu for not stressing the Centre for special status. He demands for withdrawal of two union ministers of TDP from the Modi government in protest on this issue. YSR Congress leaders asked the TDP leaders and the ministers to support their leader Jagan’s hunger strike s if they can’t fight on their own with the Centre.

AP Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu also argues that he is striving hard to develop the state. He blames that Jagan is throwing wrench in his every development project and thus turns a wall in state development. He said that people entrusted the task of developing the state to him but Jagan is creating hurdles at every point. He said that Jagan is doing hunger strike merely to gain political mileage and to withdraw his cses.

“Jagan is insisting us to withdraw our two ministers from the Modi government because he wants to enter into that slot. It takes no time to withdraw our ministers but what message are we giving with it to the Centre? Don’t we need Centre’s support for development of our state,” asks Chandrababu Naidu. He flays Jagan for staging hunger strike after robbing the state.

Ministers Prattipati Pulla Rao reacting on Jagan’s deeksha said “Actually, Jagan and his party leaders have no clarity about his deeksha. He is doing hunger strike at Guntur and asking the statement government to respond to it. But, doesn’t he know that it is Centre which is to take a decision on this particular matter and not the state? If so, why is doing hunger strike at Guntur? He should do it in New Delhi so that the Modi Government also can notice and react on it.”