Amaravati will be capital of Andhra Pradesh, says CM-designate N Chandrababu Naidu
The previous YSR Congress Party government had proposed creation of three capitals.
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Amaravati will be the Andhra Pradesh’s capital, Chief Minister-designate N Chandrababu Naidu said on Tuesday, The Indian Express reported.
Naidu’s announcement came a day before he is to be sworn in as the chief minister. On June 4, his Telugu Desam Party along with its National Democratic Alliance partners, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Jana Sena Party, won the Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections.
“Amaravati will be the capital of our state,” the Telugu Desam Party chief said at the coalition’s meeting on Tuesday. “We will aim to develop the entire state, not just a few places.”
Naidu also criticised Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party chief and outgoing Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy for his earlier remarks that he would develop Visakhapatnam as the state’s administrative capital and take his oath there if he wins the Assembly polls.
The YSR Congress Party government had proposed creation of three capitals.
“We will function democratically and secularly and no one’s self-respect will be taken away,” The Indian Express quoted Naidu as saying. “We will all work together for everyone.”
Andhra Pradesh has 175 Assembly seats and the majority mark is 88. The Telugu Desam Party won 135 seats. The Jana Sena Party won 21 seats and the BJP clinched eight.
The ruling YSR Congress Party won 11 seats.
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