Andhra Pradesh’s capital will be Visakhapatnam, and Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy will move there “in the months to come,” he announced today, apparently sticking to the three-capital plan — the other two being Kurnool and the existing capital Amaravati — despite the High Court ruling last year that it cannot make such a law.
Mr. Reddy’s YSRCP government has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court.
I invite you to our beautiful state for the Andhra Pradesh Global Investors Summit to be held on the 3rd & 4th of March in Visakhapatnam.
Experience the ease of doing business in our state and partake in our vibrant culture.
Welcome! #APGlS2023 #AndhraPradesh pic.twitter.com/i2WmrvpgV8— YS Jagan Mohan Reddy (@ysjagan) January 31, 2023
Mr Reddy, who made the statement about Visakhapatnam while promoting an upcoming investment summit, has consistently favoured the coastal city as the Executive Capital. He has previously stated that he will work from there.
“Here I am to invite you to Visakhapatnam, which will be our capital in the coming days,” he said, announcing the global summit on March 3 and 4. He did not provide a timeline, but did say, “I myself will be shifting over to Visakhapatnam in the coming months.”
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When Telangana was formed from Andhra Pradesh in 2014, Hyderabad was designated as its capital.
In 2015, the Andhra government, led by TDP’s N Chandrababu Naidu and operating out of Hyderabad in the interim, declared Amaravati, in the Vijayawada-Guntu region on the banks of the Krishna, as the new capital.
Vishakhapatnam will be the capital of Andhra Pradesh in days to come. I myself is going to shift there
– YS Jagan pic.twitter.com/j1hhFNSjhf
— MIRCHI9 (@Mirchi9) January 31, 2023
The state then planned three capital cities for 2020: Visakhapatnam for the executive, Amaravati for the legislature, and Kurnool for the judiciary.
