Former TDP Anantapur Urban MLA Vykuntam Prabhakar Chowdary, joined by his party leaders, sat on a day-long ‘silent protest’ at his residence in the city. Displaying a distance chart from Anantapur to Pondicherry, Chennai, Bengaluru, Thiruvanantapuram, and Mumbai, Mr. Chowdary and Singanamala TDP in-charge Bandaru Sravani decried the YSR Congress Party’s idea to shift the Capital. ‘Unwise decision’“If the government thinks there was an insider trading and some TDP leaders had benefited out of the information on Amaravati as Capital, they should punish those involved in it. Why should the people be punished for it?” said Mr. Chowdary. “If we in Rayalaseema start agitation seeking capital at Kurnool, there could be a divide on this issue in the State inviting trouble for everyone;” the TDP leaders said.

Source: The Hindu January 01, 2020 17:48 UTC