Amaravati, March 28 The Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Saturday unanimously passed a resolution requesting the Centre to grant legal recognition and legitimacy to Amaravati as the state's capital.
The Assembly passed the resolution requesting the Central Government to amend Section 5 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act – 2014 (which deals with the common capital for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana).
As soon as the House began, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu moved the resolution requesting the House to debate and pass it.
"Therefore, it is resolved to request the Government of India to amend Section 5 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act – 2014 as follows: (A) to include the word 'at Amaravati' in sub-section 2 of Section 5. (B) to add the words 'and Amaravati includes the capital city areas notified under the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority – 2014' to the explanation of Section 5," said Naidu.
Section 5 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act – 2014 had designated Hyderabad as the common capital for both the bifurcated Telugu states for 10 years and called for a new capital for the residual state of Andhra Pradesh after that period, without specifying a particular location.
Therefore, the Assembly resolved today to request the Government of India to designate that capital as Amaravati.
"I am saying only one thing. There is only one capital for Andhra Pradesh. That is Amaravati. This is a permanent capital. No one can touch it. Even an inch cannot be moved," Naidu said in his response after the debate.
The southern state is hoping to achieve this objective when the Parliament is in session.
