Notwithstanding the temporary hurdles created in the formation of three capitals for Andhra Pradesh, with the bills getting referred to the select committee and the high court taking up hearing on the petitions stalling the capital shift, the YSRC government is going ahead as per the plan in taking steps to make Visakhapatnam as the administrative capital.
Till the other day, the opposition parties, particularly the Telugu Desam Party, and their supporting media, had been attacking the six-member expert panel headed by retired IAS officer G N Rao.
The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly had adopted a resolution seeking repeal or abolition of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council. The resolution was sent to the Parliament through the Central government.
YSR Congress party government in Andhra Pradesh led by chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy seems to be acting in a breakneck speed to get the state legislative council abolished at the earliest.
The sensational case of YSR Congress party leader and former MP Y S Vivekananda Reddy’s murder at his own residence in Pulivendula in Kadapa district on March 15 last year has still remained a mystery.
YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy’s welfare programmes might not have generated much interest in the national media, which is largely interested in picking holes in his governance.
Telugu Desam Party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu has been crying foul over the resolution introduced by the YSR Congress party government in the assembly seeking to abolish the state legislative council.
As expected, the Andhra Pradesh state legislative assembly on Monday adopted a resolution abolishing the state legislative council, after a day-long discussion.
After facing a setback in the CBI special court which refused to give him exemption from personal appearances in the court in connection with the quid pro quo cases pending against him, YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy approached the high court on Monday.
TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu had played a political game to fix Jagan Mohan Reddy.
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Andhra Pradesh Cabinet meeting which held here on Monday resolved to dissolve the Legislative Council.
The Andhra Pradesh Governor had spent some time with some important persons of the government during the Republic Day celebrations on Sunday.
Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is learned to have given a strict warning to his party leaders, including some MLAs and MLCs on Sunday.
With the crucial bills related to formation of three capitals for Andhra Pradesh being referred to the select committee of the state legislative council, the plan of shifting the administrative capital to Visakhapatnam has been halted, albeit for the time being.
Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan here on Sunday hailed the state government's decision to create three capitals, saying it was aimed at equitable distribution of resources.
