TDP president and former Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday set a 48-hour deadline for the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy government to withdraw its decision to form three capitals.
“If the chief minister doesn’t withdraw his decision, the chief minister should abolish the State Legislative Assembly to seek fresh public mandate on his decision for trifurcation,” Naidu said, at a press conference through video conference.
The TDP chief reminded Jagan had promised the people of the state in the 2019 election campaign that Amaravati would continue to be the only capital city and that it would be fully developed.
“Now, he has no right to shift Amaravati Capital without the approval of all the five-crore people of the state,” he said.
Naidu dared the AP Chief Minister to seek a fresh mandate if he had courage and if he was fully confident of having total approval of the people for his three capitals plan.
“If the people vote for and bring the YSRCP back to power in the re-election, then the TDP would humbly accept their mandate and it would not raise its dissenting voice again against the decision,” he said.
If the CM does not come out with a proper response, the TDP along with the other Opposition parties would intensify their agitation not just through legal battles but also to make the CM as a culprit in the people's court.
