An all-party meeting in Anantapur on Tuesday outrightly rejected the proposal of shifting the Executive capital to Visakhapatnam from Amaravati and appealed to the State government not to take capital far away from Rayalaseema districts. Telugu Desam Party leader Kalava Srinivasulu termed the administration and regime of YSR Congress Party led by Y.S. Rayalaseema, which was deprived of its right to have the capital under Sribagh agreement, will now be the farthest from the capital if the administration is run from Visakhapatnam, Mr. Srinivasulu said. He demanded an all-party meeting be convened even before any decision was taken by the State government. Now the farmers in the region, who had given away their lands, would be the worst affected, said CPI district secretary D. Jagadeesh, who has been made the leader of the joint action committee on ensuring Amaravati as the State capital.

Source: The Hindu December 31, 2019 15:00 UTC