Amaravati to be Sole Capital of AP: Bill to be Introduced in LS

The Government is likely to introduce a bill in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday to recognise Amravati as the sole and permanent capital of Andhra Pradesh, fulfilling a vital aspiration of key NDA ally TDP and Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.

The legislation will scuttle any future bid to alter the decision of making Amravati the sole and permanent capital, as was done by the state’s previous government, led by YSR Congress president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.

On March 28, the state legislative assembly also passed a resolution requesting the Centre for the amendment of Section 5 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act to incorporate the name of “Amaravati” as the new capital of Andhra Pradesh.

As the first chief minister of bifurcated Andhra Pradesh between 2014 and 2019, TDP supremo Naidu had announced that Amaravati would be the capital of the state and invested extensively in its development.