New Delhi, Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday wished former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on his birthday and expressed hope that the promise he had made in the Rajya Sabha that the BJP will give special category status if voted to power would be fulfilled. The proposal given to Andhra Pradesh for a period of ten years will be completed soon.

Naidu, who served as the 13th Vice President of India from 2017 to 2022, turned 75 on Monday.

In a post on May the promise he made on February 20, 2014 be fulfilled." The Rajya Sabha debate - that the BJP will grant special category status to the new state Andhra Pradesh for a period of ten years if voted to power - will soon be fulfilled by the non-biological Prime Minister, who, incidentally, will be visiting the holy city of Tirupati on 30 April 2014. I repeated this promise, but did nothing about it."

"Venkaiah Naidu-Garu is a master of abbreviations, alliteration and quick wit, which stings but doesn't hurt. He created many challenging situations for the opposition when he was the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, but as the saying goes, absence actually makes the opposition It is challenging for me. My heart has become bigger,” the Congress leader said.

Ramesh also shared his farewell speech for Naidu in Rajya Sabha in 2022.