New Capital of Andhra Pradesh // Amravati to Vishakhapatnam
Channel: The Updated Youth
Date: 11/02/2023

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As per the A.P. Reorganisation Act, 2014, the capital has been notified by the Government of Andhra Pradesh in 2015, says Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai. 
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has made it clear that as on date, Amaravati is the capital of Andhra Pradesh. It has refused to comment on the State government’s proposal to set up three capitals, maintaining that it is sub-judice. In 2015, the N Chandrababu Naidu-led government acquired over 33,000 acres of land from farmers to develop Amaravati as the capital of the state. After Jagan Reddy took over in 2019, the Andhra Pradesh government wanted to have three capitals — Visakhapatnam-Executive Capital, Amaravati-Legislative capital, and Kurnool-Judicial capital and passed appropriate legislation. The Jagan Reddy government passed a Bill in the Assembly in November last year, repealing the controversial AP Decentralisation and Inclusive Development of All Regions Act, 2020, which was intended to establish three capitals for the state. Without putting any timeframe, Jagan Reddy, speaking on the floor of the Assembly said the government would come out with a “comprehensive, complete and better" Bill after plugging loopholes in the previous version. In March last year, the Andhra Pradesh High Court ruled against the three capitals and directed the government to develop Amaravati as the state capital as envisaged. The court also in its verdict on March 3, 2022 said the state Legislature lacked competence to make any legislation for shifting, bifurcating or trifurcating the capital. The state government filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the High Court Order. The High Court also set timelines for the development of Amaravati. Several ministers have been categorically saying that the government would come up with a new Bill on the three capitals issue, the ongoing litigation in the Supreme Court notwithstanding.