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Amaravati, Oct 4 The Congress party, if voted to power at the Centre in 2024, will accord special category status to Andhra Pradesh, said senior leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday.He said the party would stand by the commitment made to Andhra Pradesh at the time of its bifurcation in 2014.He was talking to reporters along with Oommen Chandy, Digvijaya Singh and other senior leaders at Kurnool after a review of the arrangements for party leader Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra which is scheduled to enter Andhra Pradesh on October 18."If we get a mandate in 2024 and if the Congress party representative becomes the Prime Minister, the first signature will be on granting special category status to Andhra Pradesh," he said.The former central minister said he was reiterating what Rahul Gandhi has already promised.He exuded confidence that the Congress party will come to power at the Centre in 2024. He also remarked that without the Congress there can be no coalition government at the Centre.Special category status was a commitment made by the Centre in Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act 2014 which was passed when the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) was ruling.Digvijaya Singh slammed the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) for failing to secure the special category status for the state. "We want to ask both the YSRCP and TDP as to what happened to the special category status. Why are they not fighting for the statute which we provided for in the Act," he said.Singh said only the Congress can fight and defeat the BJP and its divisive ideology. He alleged that the BJP was dividing people along the lines of religion and caste.Jairam Ramesh claimed that Bharat Jodo Yatra was receiving a huge response across the country. After covering Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka, the Yatra will enter Andhra Pradesh on October 18. It will continue for four days in Kurnool district before entering Telangana.The Yatra will begin in Aluru constituency and will conclude in Mantralayam. The Yatra will continue in Telangana for 13 days.When asked about Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao's plans to launch national political party Bharatiya Rashtra Samithi (BRS), Ramesh remarked that after Bharat Jodo Yatra, the BRS will have to take VRS.AICC in-charge for Andhra Pradesh Oommen Chandy, Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president Sailajanath, MP Uttam Kumar Reddy, Tulsi Reddy, Harsha Kumar and other leaders were present.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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