Andhra Pradesh seeks Central nod for Amaravati as capital

In a special Assembly session on Saturday, the Andhra Pradesh Assembly passed a resolution urging the Centre to recognise Amaravati as the state's permanent capital.

Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu moved the resolution at the start of the session, seeking the House's approval after a debate. The resolution calls for an amendment to Section 5 of the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014. Under this provision, Hyderabad was designated the joint capital of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for 10 years after bifurcation, with AP required to establish its own capital thereafter. During his earlier tenure, Naidu had pushed for Amaravati as a greenfield capital, built on about 34,000 acres of land pooled from around 30,000 farmers, who were made stakeholders in the project.

However, after the YSR Congress Party came to power in 2019 under Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, it proposed a three-capital model-Amaravati, Visakhapatnam and Kurnool-stalling development in Amaravati.


With Parliament currently in session, the state government is hoping the Centre will move the required amendment and formally seal Amaravati's status as the capital.