At least for another three months, Amaravati will continue to remain the state capital of Andhra Pradesh, as the Telugu Desam Party members in the legislative council successfully halted the three capitals bills of the YSR Congress party government headed by Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Former Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu has been resorting to all sorts of gimmicks to stop Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan’s capital shift plans from Amaravathi.
The Andhra Pradesh tableau will reflect the culture, tradition and lifestyle of people showcasing the Tirumala Tirupati Brahmotsavam, classical Kuchipudi dance, Kondapalli handicrafts and Kalankari paintings using natural colours in the Republic Day parade.
The YSR Congress party government in Andhra Pradesh headed by chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has engaged the services of senior legal counsel and former Attorney General of India Mukul Rohatgi to argue the case of the state government in the high court on the capital issue.
When a “press note” in the name of “Jana Sena Adhikara Prakatana” was leaked to the media on Tuesday stating that party president and power star Pawan Kalyan suspended his party’s lone MLA in Andhra Pradesh assembly Rapaka Varaprasada Rao, it did not surprise anybody.
The Telugu Desam Party received a setback on Tuesday night when two of its MLCs voted in favour of the YSR Congress party after the debate on a motion moved by the party under Rule 71 of the business rules to oppose the discussion on the two government bills.
Andhra Pradesh Assembly speaker Thammineni Sitaram had referred the “unruly behaviour” of the TDP MLAs in the House, to the Ethics Committee of the Assembly.
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Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy had recommended strong and disciplinary action against the TDP legislators who crossed the rules of the Assembly.
It is nothing but natural in politics that when the ruling party tries to bulldoze its decisions, the opposition parties try to stall them by all means. It is all in the game.
Great leaders tend to have ideologies in common. Despite meager distractions, they tend to accomplish their objectives with untrammeled vision.
Telugu Desam Party, the main opposition in Andhra Pradesh, which had been successfully stalling the introduction of two important bills by the YSR Congress government in the legislative council since Tuesday morning, received a rude shock in the evening.
It looks like Bharatiya Janata Party national spokesperson and Rajya Sabha member G V L Narasimha Rao is not happy with the party’s decision to forge an alliance with Pawan Kalyan’s Jana Sena Party.
Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy had called for an emergency meeting of his cabinet on Tuesday night, after the assembly session. The cabinet is scheduled to meet at 10 pm on the day.
With the Bills for creating three capitals facing hurdles in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council, the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government is mulling a proposal to abolish the Upper House of the State Legislature.
The National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre has not given any clearance or approval for the decision of the YSR Congress party government in Andhra Pradesh to create three capitals for the state.
