Hyderabad: AP Opposition leader Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday said his party would not only fight against the Centre, which had not given AP special category status, but also the Telugu Desam which had tried to foil the party’s bandh call.

The YSRC chief told the media that the response was huge despite the efforts of the state government to foil it. “We will continue the fight till special status is achieved. It is not just against the Centre that we are fighting but unfortunately also against the TD government which has been trying to foil the bandh and Mr Chandrababu Naidu who is watering down the issue.”

He said YSRC MPs were vocal in Parliament while TD MPs fell silent after Union finance minister Arun Jaitley said he had spoken to Mr Naidu and a solution was being worked out. “The two (TD) ministers did not express any protest. When the bandh is for special status, why should Mr Naidu misuse the police force,” he asked.