It is now official. The six-member expert committee headed by retired IAS officer G Nageshwar Rao recommended formation of executive capital at Visakhapatnam, in tune with the statement made by YSR Congress party president and chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy in the state assembly on Tuesday last.
The YSR Congress government in Andhra Pradesh led by chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is yet to take an official decision on the formation of three capital cities for the state, but his cabinet colleagues have already started promoting Visakhapatnam as the future capital.
The announcement of YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on the possibility of three capital cities for the state has created panic among a section of farmers in Amaravati capital region who had given away their lands for the construction of the capital.
Senior Telugu Desam Party leader and former Anantapur MP J C Diwakar Reddy’s unsavoury comments against the police forces a couple of days ago, stating that he would make the police lick his boots if the TDP came to power again evoked strong reactions from the police.
Former minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao from the TDP had welcomed chief minister Jaganmohan Reddy’s three capitals proposal.
The Thullur police in Amaravati imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of Cr PC and Section 34 of the Police Act on Thursday in the entire capital region in the wake of the people calling for a bandh in protest against the proposal to create three separate capital for Andhra Pradesh in place of Amaravati.
Maverick Telugu Desam Party leader and former Anantapur MP J C Diwakar Reddy’s unsavoury comments against the police at a meeting on Wednesday evoked strong reactions from the police officers’ association.
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Whenever there is any protest in the Amaravati villages, particularly in the last six months of the YSR Congress regime, it is only the farmers who are joining the protest, as if there are no others in these 29 villages.
Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan is at it again. He had promised to stand by the farmers of the Amaravati capital villages.
YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy’s statement in the assembly on Tuesday hinting at creation of three separate capital cities for the state has generated unrest in Amaravati region and euphoria in north-coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions.
Andhra Pradesh government has beefed up the security of Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy’s announcement on creation of three capital cities for the state as part of decentralised administration has created a sort of panic atmosphere in the farmers of Amaravati who gave away 34,000 acres of land for the capital.
The BJP leaders across the nation seem to be happy with chief minister Jaganmohan Reddy's plan of three capitals for the state.
