Vijayawada, July 16 -- Andhra Pradesh Minister for IT and Electronics Nara Lokesh on Thursday expressed regret over the treatment meted out to the Amara Raja Group during the previous YSRCP government, saying the State had lost a historic industrial opportunity due to the "harassment and intimidation" faced by one of its most respected home-grown enterprises.
Reacting to the inauguration of Amara Raja's new Customer Qualification Plant at the Divitipalli Giga Corridor in Telangana's Mahabubnagar district, Minister Lokesh said "Andhra Pradesh owed an apology to Amara Raja Chairman Galla Jayadev and his family".
"Over four decades, Amara Raja has been more than just one of Andhra Pradesh's greatest industrial success stories. It has created...