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The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly connected Saturday passed a resolution, requesting the Central authorities to state and notify Amaravati arsenic the sole superior metropolis of the State.
The solution said that the words ‘at Amaravati’ beryllium inserted successful Section 5 (2) of the A.P. Reorganisation Act, 2014 (APRA) and ‘and Amaravati includes the Capital metropolis areas notified nether the A.P. Capital Regional Development Act, 2014’ beryllium added to the mentation to Section 5 arsenic per the proposal of the High Court contained successful its bid dated March 3, 2022.
Assembly Speaker Ch. Ayyanna Patrudu forwarded the solution to the Chairman of Rajya Sabha, the Lok Sabha Speaker, Union Home Minister, Secretary of the Union Home Ministry and Chief Secretary of the State authorities to person the APRA amended to that effect.
The 11 MLAs of YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), including its president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, remained absent erstwhile the solution was passed successful the House .
Moving the resolution, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said the A.P. authorities had shifted its basal of cognition to the Vijayawada-Guntur portion soon aft the bifurcation of the unified State successful 2014, though it could enactment successful Hyderabad, the associated superior of A.P. and Telangana, for 10 much years.
“The authorities wanted to physique A.P.’s ain superior arsenic rapidly arsenic possible. However, past Leader of Opposition, Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, had initially offered unconditional enactment to the superior projected successful Amaravati, but changed his basal aft winning the 2019 elections, owed to sheer governmental expediency,” he said.
“The Sivaramakrishnan Committee had intelligibly stated successful its study (submitted successful 2014) that 46% of the radical of Andhra Pradesh wanted the superior to beryllium located betwixt Vijayawada and Guntur,” Mr. Naidu said, portion pointing retired that the TDP authorities of the time took assorted steps crossed the State to guarantee decentralised growth.
Mr. Naidu said that ‘Andhra State’ came into beingness successful 1953 pursuing the ultimate sacrifice made by Potti Sreeramulu, and the archetypal superior was acceptable up successful Kurnool earlier it was shifted to Hyderabad aft ‘Andhra Pradesh’ was formed successful 1956. The superior moved to Amaravati post-bifurcation.
“The YSRCP authorities had brought the improvement of Amaravati to a grinding halt during its tenure, for which it paid a dense terms successful the 2024 elections. However, they kept up their vicious run (against the capital). Since radical tin nary longer carnivore with the uncertainty, we are moving this solution truthful that ‘Amaravati cannot beryllium moved adjacent an inch successful future,” Mr. Naidu observed.
The Chief Minister noted that helium had, astatine the clip of bifurcation, fought for ‘equal justice’ to some Telangana and the residual State of Andhra Pradesh, portion Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy was focused connected ‘protecting his governmental interests’.
Mr. Naidu said helium envisaged Amaravati arsenic an economical powerhouse for the full State and that helium was indebted to the much than 29,000 farmers who gave distant astir 34,000 acres for the superior task successful conscionable 58 days.
