Pawan Kalyan: Andhra Capital Should Be In Amaravati

Jana Sena Party (JSP) president Pawan Kalyan, on Monday, opposed the AP government's proposal to decentralize the capital and said that it should remain in Amaravati.

While interacting with reporters at the JSP office in Mangalagiri in Amaravati, the actor turned politician alleged the CM of indulging in a 'divide and rule policy'. Pawan Kalyan said that his party would stand by the farmers who sacrificed their land for Amaravati. "The farmers gave their land to the AP government and not to any political party," he added.

Pawan further added that Jagan was confusing and worrying the farmers of Amaravati, and asked the CM to clarify whether he was the representative of the state or a particular region.

The Rajadhani Rythu Parirakshana Samithi (Amaravati farmers protection committee) approached the HC (High Court) against the state government's proposed move. The court will hear the case in January 2020.

In this month, an expert committee headed by GN Rao, that was constituted by the YSRCP government to decide the state capital, had recommended 3 capitals for the state — a legislative capital in Amaravati, an executive capital in Vishakhapatnam and a judicial capital in Kurnool.

The proposal has flashed off protests among Amaravati farmers who had given their land with the promise of getting developed plots in the capital.

Earlier this year, all the construction work in the capital, envisioned as a world-class city by former CM Chandrababu Naidu, came to a stop with Jagan deciding to review them. The YSRCP has claimed that Naidu and those close to him resorted to insider trading in Amaravati. They bought land at cheap rates even before announcing the state capital officially.