Centre moves bill to declare Amaravati as permanent capital of Andhra Pradesh

A bill seeking to recognise Amaravati as the sole and permanent capital of Andhra Pradesh was introduced in Lok Sabha on Wednesday an initiative which will fulfil a vital aspiration of key NDA ally TDP and Chief Minister N Chandrababu NaiduThe legislation will scuttle any future bid to alter the decision of making Amaravati the sole and permanent capital as was done by the states previous government led by YSR Congress president YS Jagan Mohan ReddyUnion Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai moved the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Amendment Bill 2026 in Lok Sabha and Speaker Om Birla put it for vote and accepted it following a voice voteOn March 28 the state legislative assembly also passed a resolution requesting the Centre for amendment of Section 5 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act to incorporate the name of Amaravati as the new capital of Andhra PradeshAs the first chief minister of bifurcated Andhra Pradesh between 2014 and 2019 TDP supremo Naidu had announced that Amaravati would be the capital of the state and invested extensively in its developmentHowever the TDP lost power in the 2019 assembly elections and Reddy assumed charge as the chief ministerDuring his tenure Reddy altered Naidus decision and announced that Andhra Pradesh would have three capitals administrative capital at Visakhapatnam legislative capital at Amaravati and judicial capital at Kurnool instead of a single capital city at AmaravatiAfter Naidu returned to power in 2024 he announced that Amaravati would be the sole capital of the stateThe Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act under which Telangana was created recognises Hyderabad as the capital of the new state but there was no mention as to where the capital of Andhra Pradesh would come upThe proposed Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Amendment Bill 2026 by the NDA government would cement Amaravatis stature as the sole capitalThe TDP is a key ally of the ruling NDA and extends vital support to the Narendra Modi government with its 16 MPs in the Lok SabhaAccording to the Bill circulated among Lok Sabha members the provisions of the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act provide that on and from the appointed day Hyderabad will be the common capital for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for a period not exceeding ten yearsAfter which Hyderabad will be the capital of Telangana and there will be a new capital for the successor state of Andhra PradeshAfter the reorganisation law came into being the Andhra Pradesh government after due consideration consultation and planning identified and notified Amaravati as the new capital of that state the bill notedOnce the bill becomes an Act Amravati will be legally recognised as the capital of Andhra Pradesh with effect from June 2 2024It said significant administrative and legislative measures have been undertaken besides the infrastructural developments in and around Amaravati with the objective of establishing it as the capital of Andhra PradeshIt observed that on March 28 the state legislative assembly passed a resolution requesting the Centre to amend Section 5 of the Reorganisation Act to incorporate the name of Amaravati as the new capital of Andhra PradeshTo give effect to the resolution of the state legislative assembly and to provide statutory clarity regarding the capital of AP the bill proposes to amend subsection 2 of section 5 of the reorganisation law to incorporate the name of Amaravati as the new capital of Andhra Pradesh with effect from June 2 2024This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever