The ruling YSR Congress Get together (YSRCP) plans a marketing campaign to counter the continuing farmers’ foot march to Amaravati towards the state authorities’s three-capital plan for Andhra Pradesh.
The march of round 600-odd farmers started in Venkatapalem on September 12 and entered West Godavari on Sunday. All political events barring the YSRCP have supported the farmers.
The federal government has gone all out to create three capitals. “If there isn’t a resistance from the individuals of north coastal Andhra, significantly Visakhapatnam, it’ll ship a message that the agitation of farmers to retain the capital metropolis in Amaravati has the legitimacy and acceptance in the whole state. It is going to have a destructive affect on the YSRCP’s prospects within the subsequent elections,” a YSRCP chief mentioned, pleading anonymity.
The YSRC is predicted to carry a sequence of conferences, workshops, rallies, and conferences with politicians, commerce and enterprise communities, and influential sections to hunt assist for the plan.
“By the point the padayatra of Amaravati farmers enters Visakhapatnam, we’re planning to create an environment in the whole north-coastal Andhra to see they face resistance from the native individuals. The capital sentiment in Visakhapatnam will overtake the demand of Amaravati farmers,” the chief mentioned.
Advocates, teachers, and politicians participated in a YSRCP assembly in Visakhapatnam on Sunday and backed the plan to declare Vishakhapatnam the manager capital.
Tutorial Balamohan Das mentioned Visakhapatnam has all of the conditions to changing into a capital metropolis. “It has street, rail, air, and port connectivity. With little funding, it may well remodel into an actual international metropolis,” he mentioned.
S S Shiva Sankar, a neighborhood chief, mentioned individuals from north-coastal Andhra have been migrating to different locations in the hunt for employment. “If Visakhapatnam turns into the manager capital, it’ll guarantee all-round growth.”
Minister Botcha Satyanarayana mentioned Visakhapatnam was one of many high 5 quickest creating cities within the nation. “The federal government proposed the three capitals for the balanced growth of all areas.”
He added Amaravati could be developed as one of many capitals and added the foot march has a political agenda they usually can not assist it.
Opposition Telugu Desam Get together chief Manthena Satyanarayana Raju accused the YSRCP of conspiring to loot the north-coastal Andhra and added all political events assist the demand for Amaravati as the one capital. He mentioned YSRCP leaders and supporters attended the Vishakhapatnam assembly and there was no endorsement from the individuals for the three-capital plan. “Solely a capital metropolis in Amaravati would guarantee the event of all of the three areas.”