Chandrababu urges centre to amend local status rules

Hyderabad, Oct 14: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is said to have urged the central government to amend the rules on nativity to enable employees, students and others to shift to Amaravati from Hyderabad. In this connection, Chandrababu is said to have written to the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to amend rules pertaining to Andhra Pradesh Educational Institutions Regularisation of Admissions order and the AP Public Employment orders. In his letter, Chandrababu said, "Bifurcation of the state has created an unexpected dimension for the people who have to move to the residuary state of AP. The Presidential Order mandates local status on the basis of minimum period of four years of study or residency in a particular area. Hence, the children of families who shift to AP during this period will not have qualification of the four-year period as required from the date of shifting." The CM then said that this could lead to a disadvantageous position for such people.