Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered a survey to know the performance of Chief Ministers in the country. This study has made a political buzz in the two Telugu states.

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has evidently been positioned first in the nation, while Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu ranked 13th.

While Andhra Pradesh government sources guaranteed that Chandrababu Naidu was positioned fifth and not thirteenth, sources from the Telangana State said that the fifth position had gone to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. They said that Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Chauhan was positioned second, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh third and Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben fifth. The Prime Minister had requested the study by the IB and some private offices.

Modi had requested the review to gage the execution of different states and CMs in actualizing improvement programs. The overview was taken up in all states and Union Territories between April and June this year and the report was submitted to the Prime Minister.

The report expect criticalness in the setting of the PM gathering an Inter-State Council meeting in New Delhi on July 16, which is being held following a crevice of 10 years. Sources said Modi is relied upon to make a reference to the overview report in the meeting.

TS sources said “the novel schemes being implemented by Mr Rao such as Mission Bhagiratha, Mission Kakatiya and Haritha Haram etc., ensured that he was ranked the No. 1 CM in the country.”

They said that “the PM and several Union ministers have on several occasions showered praises on Mission Bhagiratha, aimed to supply tap water to every household in TS by laying 1.25 lakh km pipelines by 2018 the largest in the country by spending over Rs 40,000 crore, Mission Kakatiya, aimed to restore 45,000-odd lakes by spending Rs 25,000 crore in five years, and plantation of 230 crore saplings to increase green cover in TS from 27 per cent to 33 per cent in five years, and have asked other states to emulate them.”

“These three schemes of the TS government, the first of their kinds in the country, stood out among all other schemes being implemented in the rest of the country and helped Mr Rao attain first rank among all CMs,” the sources said.

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By M. Divya Shri