Amaravati Stripped Of Andhra Pradesh Capital Status

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and the leader of YRSCP, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, came to a final decision of stripping the Amaravati region from the Andhra Pradesh capital status.

Jagan Mohan Reddy chaired a meeting at 9 am at the state secretariat on Monday and discussed the three capitals idea. The Cabinet approved the government’s decision over the three capitals issue.

Andhra Pradesh CRDA Act Bill was also discussed, followed by the discussion over the formation of the Amaravati Metropolitan Region Development Area in its place. According to this Bill, farmers who gave lands for the capital like an extended annuity for five or more years to 15 years are expected to benefit.

The ruling YSR government plans to set up a legislative capital in Amaravati, executive/secretariat in Visakhapatnam and judicial capital in Kurnool. On the other hand, the opposition Telugu Desam Party is gearing up to oppose the idea of decentralizing the capital.

The YSRCP government has a majority of 151 in the 175-member Assembly. They also won last year’s elections and TDP had lost the assembly elections and much favor went in the hands of Jagan Mohan Reddy. TDP ended up with just 23 seats in the 175-member House.