Andhra farmers’ protest to retain Amaravati as capital enters 200th day
Deccan ChronicleVijayawada: TD president N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and save the Amaravati Capital City from “destructive strategies” of the Jagan Mohan Reddy government in the state. He told the PM that it is the duty of Central government to protect Amaravati in accordance with the spirit of AP Reorganisation Act, which recommended a single capital for the residual state of Andhra Pradesh and not multiple capital cities, as is being proposed now. The TD chief, addressing a national-level webinar organised to coincide with the 200th Day of Protests for retaining Amaravati as the sole capital, underlined the need for Central government to consider Amaravati as a national project. Mr Naidu told the centre that while in opposition prior to 2019, Jagan Mohan Reddy had stated on the floor of the AP Assembly that he approved formation of the capital city at Amaravati.