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The Andhra Pradesh authorities volition guardant a cardinal solution to the Union authorities seeking an amendment to the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 to formally designate Amaravati arsenic the imperishable superior metropolis of the State, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) wide caput and Human Resources Development Minister Nara Lokesh said connected Saturday (March 28, 2026).
Speaking informally with journalists up of a peculiar Assembly session, Mr. Lokesh, astatine his chambers, stated that the connection would beryllium sent to New Delhi by Saturday evening. He expressed assurance that the Union Cabinet would see the amendment connected April 1, pursuing which it is apt to beryllium introduced successful Parliament connected April 2, 2026 during the ongoing league itself.
Cabinet resolves to impulse Centre to state Amaravati arsenic ‘sole Capital’ of Andhra Pradesh
The solution urges the Centre to amend Section 5 of the Act by inserting the words “at Amaravati” successful sub-section (2), and by adding a clarification that “Amaravati includes the superior metropolis areas notified nether the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority Act, 2014.” According to the State government, this ineligible alteration would firmly found Amaravati arsenic the capital.
Mr. Lokesh alleged that Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, during his tenure betwixt 2019 and 2024, had “deliberately attempted to weaken” the improvement of Amaravati. He said the contiguous NDA authorities was committed to ensuring that Amaravati remains the superior “forever.”
The Minister besides criticised the Opposition YSR Congress Party for boycotting the Assembly proceedings. “They were expected to enactment successful the statement connected specified an important contented but chose to enactment away. The nationalist volition intimately ticker their basal successful Parliament arsenic well,” helium remarked.
Mr. Lokesh added that Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu would formally present the solution successful the Assembly astatine 11 a.m., fixed arsenic per auspicious considerations.
In a crisp governmental attack, helium besides took purpose astatine YSRCP leadership, questioning their committedness to Amaravati and remarking that their lack from the Assembly reflected their deficiency of seriousness connected the superior issue.
The improvement comes amid heightened governmental enactment successful the State implicit the superior question, with the ruling conjugation pushing for legislative and ineligible clarity connected Amaravati’s status.
“Stating that the existent authorities has removed excess information unit from the protocol for Chief Minister and others, whereas the erstwhile authorities nether the enactment of Jagan Mohan Reddy misused the police. Hundreds and thousands of constabulary forces were utilized for his protocal purpose,” Mr. Lokesh alleged. He further added that now, the authorities is deploying the information arsenic per the manual to support the VVIPs.
