Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu reiterated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi deceived the people of A.P. by ‘joining hands with criminals’, hinting at the alleged nexus between the BJP and YSR Congress Party (YSRCP). He asserted that the Central government had not fulfilled even a single promise made to A.P. at the time of bifurcation but the BJP ‘colluded with the YSRCP’ to put the TDP in the dock. Reacting to Mr. Modi’s comments at the election rally in Kurnool, Mr. Naidu, in a letter to the Prime Minister, said he had been building the State from the scratch and achieved commendable growth by tapping its rich natural and human resources. The Centre did not implement the A.P. Reorganisation Act in letter and spirit. In fact, the Centre placed many hurdles in the State’s path with political motives, he alleged.