Chorus for 3 capitals intensifies as YSRCP backs ‘Garjana’ rally in Andhra’s Vishakapatnam

As the chorus for three capitals intensifies, the Joint Action Committee on decentralisation organised a mega 3.5 km rally with the support of the ruling Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party in Vizag.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy. (File photo)

By Abdul Basheer: As the chorus for three capitals intensifies, the Joint Action Committee (JAC) on decentralisation and three capitals organised a mega 3.5 km rally with the support of the ruling Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party in Vizag. The panel held the ‘Visakha Garjana’ as a show of strength in favour of Visakhapatnam as the state capital.

MLAs, ministers, and non-political JAC members began the rally from the Ambedkar statue at the LIC building which will culminate with a public meeting at the YSR statue near RK Beach.

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Around 1 lakh people were in attendance for the mega ‘Garjana’ rally. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy initiated the three-capital concept in the very first year of his office. However, the Opposition has not been in favour of the idea. Even the Sivaramakrishnan Commission had suggested decentralisation, but the Opposition chose Amaravati and made it the capital.

The Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) on Friday reiterated its agenda on the 3-capital policy and that it is determined to develop all the regions of the state equally.

Speaking a day ahead of the massive Visakha Garjana Sabha, the party’s senior-most leader and Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam (TTD) Chairman YV Subba Reddy slammed the Opposition for setting a false narrative and asserted that YSRCP was keen to develop Amaravati too.