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"Manipulation Is Hard Work"

Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu looks back at his seven-and-a-half-year stint as CEO of the state. Excerpts from an interview:

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"Manipulation Is Hard Work"
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Looking back, what has been your biggest success?
While Hyderabad is flourishing, a recent World Bank report shows that basic civic amenities are not being provided in smaller towns and AP has the country's second-highest number of urban slum-dwellers...
Your blueprint for Andhra's economic revival is based on the Southeast Asian model in which FDI is vital to boosting export-oriented manufacturing industries. But FDI is shrinking everywhere. What now?
But with FDI drying up and the growth rate below expectations, is it time to review strategies?
Are you concerned about the negative mood because of the drought?
Another criticism against you is that you've concentrated on new industries such as IT and biotech and ignored traditional sectors such as agriculture.

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Your opponents call you a master manipulator and an opportunist.
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