Chief Minister Jagan Reddy’s Statement, “Visakhapatnam To Be Andhra Capital,” and Its Consequences
After a court ruled that his administration cannot enact such laws last year, Jagan Mohan Reddy is reportedly adhering to his three-capital plan; the matter is currently before the Supreme Court.
According to Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy’s announcement today, Visakhapatnam will serve as the capital of Andhra Pradesh. He will move there “in the months to come,” despite the High Court’s ruling last year that it cannot pass legislation for that. The other two capitals are Kurnool and the current capital Amaravati.
The YSRCP government of Mr. Reddy has appealed the case, which is currently before the Supreme Court.
The claim about Visakhapatnam was made by Mr. Reddy, who has continuously favoured the coastal city as the Executive Capital while promoting an investment convention that would be held there. He has already stated that he would start there.
He remarked, announcing the world summit set for March 3 and 4, “Here I am to invite you, to Visakhapatnam, which is going to be our capital in the days to come.” However, he continued, “I myself will be shifting over to Visakhapatnam in the months to come,” without giving a specific timeframe.
Hyderabad was chosen as the new state’s capital when Telangana was split off from Andhra Pradesh in 2014.
Amaravati, in the Vijayawada-Guntu region on the banks of the river Krishna, was to become the new capital, according to the Andhra government of 2015, which was led by TDP’s N Chandrababu Naidu and functioning out of Hyderabad in the interim.
The state then intended to have three capital cities in 2020: Kurnool for the judiciary, Amaravati for the legislative, and Visakhapatnam for the administration.
Hyderabad was chosen as the new state’s capital when Telangana was split off from Andhra Pradesh in 2014.
Amaravati, in the Vijayawada-Guntu region on the banks of the river Krishna, was to become the new capital, according to the Andhra government of 2015, which was led by TDP’s N Chandrababu Naidu and functioning out of Hyderabad in the interim.
The state then intended to have three capital cities in 2020: Kurnool for the judiciary, Amaravati for the legislative, and Visakhapatnam for the administration.
N Chandrababu Naidu, who denied any wrongdoing, has questioned the YSRCP government’s decision to sell off the land it had originally purchased from farmers in order to erect a new capital. The AP Capital Region Development Authority decided to lease out the residential buildings that were constructed for government personnel to private entities, and the Leader of Opposition specifically criticised this choice a few months ago.
The coastal city of Visakhapatnam, also known as Vizag, is Andhra Pradesh’s largest and most populated city and is favoured by Chief Minister Jagan Reddy to serve as the state’s capital. It ranks as India’s second-largest city on the country’s east coast, behind Chennai, the state capital of Tamil Nadu.