Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy, who has received another round of briefing at the Secretariat on Thursday by the Planning Department is likely to meet Union Food and Civil Supplies Minister K V Thomas, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Friday as scheduled.
Civil Supplies Minister Duddilla Sridhar Babu will accompany the Chief Minister to assist in putting across the message.
High on the Chief Minister’s agenda are a number of state subjects like export of rice, seeking Central funds for Central projects and bargaining for both Polavaram and Pranahitha-Chevella projects to be accorded National Project status, among others.
As indicated earlier, the Centre was keen on granting sanction of National status for any one of the two projects.
The state’s option would be, according to Planning Department officials, multi-purpose Polavaram project which was hanging fire since 1943.
Mr Kiran Kumar Reddy is expected to extend his stay in New Delhi by another day, that is, till May 7, in order to negotiate with the Central leaders.
On top of his agenda is his scheduled meeting with All India Congress Committee chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
Sources said that Kadapa by-elections will figure during their meeting and the Chief Minister would give her a briefing on the current position of Congress party in the district.