Amaravati may lose status of Andhra capital as Jagan Mohan Govt push shifting plan today

The Andhra
Pradesh Council of Ministers met on Monday morning ahead of the special session
of the state Assembly to be held on the same day where the fate and the future
of the state capital will be decided.

After
commencing the meeting, the Cabinet approved four bills to be placed in the
House. It also gave a nod to the recommendations of the high power committee on
state’s all-round development and decentralization of governance.

There is
widespread anticipation on what is in store for the state, already suffering
from the pain of bifurcation since 2014, as the Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy
government is firm on carrying out its new plans for “comprehensive,
parallel and decentralized development.”

All other
political parties and citizens at large are staunchly opposed to the
government’s plan to relocate the state capital from Amaravati to
Visakhapatnam, as already indicated by the Chief Minister on the floor of the
Assembly on December 17.

Before the
special session of the Assembly and the sensitive decision on the state
capital, the state government has deployed heavy police force in Amravati to
maintain law and order.

Villages
that fall in the way to Assembly are being guarded by police personnel, a
special route was prepared for state Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy to
reach Assembly from his residence.

Meanwhile,
several TDP leaders and former MLAs have been put under house arrest.