This humble CM ends his Delhi trip to attend his PA's funeral | Read

New Delhi: Being a politician puts you under a lot of pressure and work-loads but Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy knows how important people around him are.

Mohan Reddy didn't give a second thought when news of his personal assistant reached him. The CM bruptly ended his engagement in the national capital on Friday and rushed back to the state capital to attend the funeral of his.

Reddy had come to Delhi on Thursday evening to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and other central ministers to discuss the pending issues of the state, they added.

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Sources said the meeting with Modi and Shah was not officially scheduled for Friday, although the chief minister's office was seeking an appointment with them.

The YSR Congress party (YSRCP) chief is under pressure to fund various welfare schemes as the state is facing a debt to the tune of Rs 2.58 lakh crore.

He is seeking special category status for the state and fulfillment of all the commitments made under the Andhra Pradesh Re-organisation Act, the sources said.

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