Accordingly a socio-political and economic model that should have been the pride of andhra pradesh is now in tatters as a result of the short-sightedness of the political class. Probably for the first time anywhere in the world, as many as 28,000 farmers who joined a voluntary land pooling scheme to create 33,000 acres of a land bank for building a capital city, have taken to the streets. The farmers of amaravati and their families, anxious over their fate, have spilled onto the streets following the statement of chief minister Jagan mohan reddy in the recent assembly session that his government was thinking of having three state capitals.
Reportedly “For example, we can have a legislative capital in amaravati, an executive capital in visakhapatnam and judicial capital at kurnool,” Jagan announced on 17 December. As if on cue, the GN Rao Committee, constituted by Jagan government, submitted its report a couple of days later on friday recommending vizag, as visakhapatnam is also known, as the ideal location for secretariat and chief minister’s office, while state assembly could be continued in Amaravati.
Moreover the latest developments confirmed the worst fears of the farmers, as well as sections of the people in the state, that the Jagan government has always had alternative plans for the capital. The congress PARTY' target='_blank' title='ysr congress-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>ysr congress government has barely concealed its aversion to developing amaravati as envisaged by his bête noire N chandrababu naidu since Jagan came to power six months ago. Jagan, through his media outlets, spearheaded a sustained campaign that accused Naidu of making Rs 1 lakh crore out of amaravati by letting his benamis buy large tracts of land in the area before the announcement of capital. Hence these allegations have been repeated since Jagan came into power.
