What's next for Amaravati, the dream capital of Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu?
Hindustan TimesOn October 22, 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for Amaravati, envisioned as the ‘futuristic capital’ of Andhra Pradesh. **EDS: IMAGE VIA PMO** Amaravati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with TDP supremo and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister-designate N Chandrababu Naidu at the latter's swearing-in ceremony, in Amaravati, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. Eight years and seven months later, with the Telugu Desam Party-led alliance forming the government in Andhra Pradesh, chief minister Chandrababu Naidu vowed that there would not be three capitals, but only one—Amaravati. The former chief minister in December 2019 had brought a proposal for three capitals in Andhra Pradesh, designating Kurnool as the judicial capital, Visakhapatnam as the executive capital, and Amaravati as the legislative capital under Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority Repeal Act, 2020. Amaravati’s introduction as capital of Andhra Pradesh As the first chief minister of the bifurcated state from 2014 to 2019, Naidu proposed Amaravati as the capital city.