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The Lok Sabha connected Wednesday (April 1, 2026) passed a Bill to recognise Amaravati arsenic the sole and imperishable superior of Andhra Pradesh, with the main Opposition enactment Congress extending enactment to the legislation. The YSR Congress Party – which had earlier projected a three-capital program for the State – walked retired successful protest.
The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2026, was passed by a dependable ballot aft a astir two-hour debate. It volition present beryllium sent to the Rajya Sabha, and past to the President for assent.
Once enacted, it volition springiness statutory backing to Amaravati arsenic the State’s superior with effect from June 2, 2024, efficaciously foreclosing immoderate aboriginal effort to change the decision.
Parliament Budget Session Highlights connected April 1, 2026
Replying to the debate, Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai thanked members for supporting a solution adopted by the Andhra Pradesh Assembly seeking ineligible designation for Amaravati arsenic the capital.
Initiating the discussion, Congress subordinate Manickam Tagore said his enactment supported the Bill but reiterated the request for peculiar class presumption for the State. “Let Amaravati make similar Bengaluru, Chennai oregon Hyderabad. At the aforesaid time, cities specified arsenic Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, and Kurnool indispensable besides grow,” helium said.
During his tenure arsenic Chief Minister, YSRCP person Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, had projected a three-capital exemplary for the State — administrative superior astatine Visakhapatnam, legislative superior astatine Amaravati, and judicial superior astatine Kurnool. After returning to powerfulness successful 2024, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu reversed the program and reiterated that Amaravati would beryllium the State’s sole capital.
Participating successful the debate, TDP subordinate and Union Minister of State Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani urged the House to walk the Bill unanimously, saying it would extremity the uncertainty implicit the State’s capital.
Supporting the legislation, BJP subordinate C.M. Ramesh said it was possibly the archetypal lawsuit of Parliament enacting a instrumentality to formally state a circumstantial determination arsenic a State capital. The earlier connection for 3 capitals, helium said, was “illogical and irrational”.
Compensate farmers: YSRCP
The YSRCP, however, opposed the measure, arguing that the interests of farmers who had parted with onshore for the superior task remained unaddressed. Party subordinate P.V. Midhun Reddy said astir 34,000 acres had been pooled for the Amaravati superior project, with assurances of developed plots, housing, and acquisition benefits for affected families.
“Give a wide timeline for compensating the farmers and incorporated it successful the Bill. Otherwise it has small meaning,” helium said, besides questioning the fiscal viability of processing specified a ample superior city.
According to the Bill, the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, had stipulated that Hyderabad would beryllium the communal superior of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for a play not exceeding 10 years aft the State’s bifurcation. The amendment seeks to formally incorporated Amaravati arsenic the superior of Andhra Pradesh from June 2, 2024, successful enactment with a solution passed by the State Assembly connected March 28.
