Farmer organisations in Prakasam district have urged the Centre to intervene and put an end to the three-capital move of the YSR Congress Party government. Ranga Kisan Sabha here, decided to form a joint action committee to agitate in support of the Amaravati Parirakshana Samiti. Presiding, sabha president A.Venkateswara Rao said Amaravati was decided as the State capital only after adoption of a unanimous resolution in the State Assembly and it was not proper to now locate the Executive capital at Visakhapatnam and Judicial capital at Kurnool, while retaining the Legislative capital at Amaravati. The meeting also demanded steps to accelerate development of the backward Prakasam district by locating early a public sector port at Ramayapatnam and developing a mega industrial park in Donakonda. Jana Sena Party legal advisor Sunkara Saibabu, Indian Medical Association member G. Raj Vimal, Prakasam District Writers’ Association president B. Hanuma Reddy, Ongole Bar Association president B. Bhaskar Rao also extended their support to Amaravati farmers.

Source: The Hindu December 30, 2019 04:41 UTC