Live
- Nagarkurnool: Burglary in a locked house
- Nadda asks voters to unseat BJD govt
- KCR Rally at Hanumakonda Chowrastha Road Show for Warangal Parliamentary Elections
- Yastika, Renuka Thakur star in India’s 44-run win over Bangladesh in T20I series opener
- Sai Sangeeta won gold medal for India in Dubai Asian Championship
- BSP's Akash Anand booked for hate speech against BJP
- Two die of sunstroke in Kerala, heat alert sounded in parts of state
- IPL 2024: Will Jacks, Kohli shock Gujarat, keep RCB's playoff hopes alive
- IPL 2024: 'Can't sit and speak from a box', Virat Kohli slams strike-rate critics
- ISL 2023-24: We have to give our everything, says FC Goa's Fernandes ahead of semis clash with Mumbai City
Minister seeks North Andhra leaders' support
YSRCP leaders expressing their support to ‘Visakha Garjana’ in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday
- Non-political JAC releases the poster for ‘Visakha Garjana’ rally scheduled to be held on Oct 15
- Gudivada Amarnath expresses concern over the opposition parties creating hurdles to the Chief Minister’s plan of setting up three capitals
Visakhapatnam: The leaders of North Andhra region should brush their personal agendas aside and extend support to the decentralisation move of Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy for the comprehensive development of the State, said IT Minister Gudivada Amarnath.
Releasing the poster of 'Visakha Garjana' rally scheduled on October 15 in support of the three capitals under the aegis of the non-political JAC here on Wednesday, the Minister said the Chief Minister had taken a decision to set up three capitals in the State in 2019. He expressed concern that the Opposition was creating hurdles to its implementation.
Amaranth opposed the Maha Padayatra initiated by Amaravati farmers which he termed as a 'Dandayatra' on North Andhra to block its development. He appealed to the denizens to extend their support to Visakhapatnam becoming the executive capital. The Minister said that the time has come to fight together for the future of the region.
Further, the IT Minister informed that students, advocates, doctors, industrialists and farmers were coming forward to support the JAC movement.
Former Minister and YSRCP district president M Srinivasa Rao said the 'Visakha Garjana' is a united struggle to protect the self-respect of the people of North Andhra. He said the leaders from various parties were spreading false information that the YSRCP was fighting for political gain, which was not true. He criticised the opposition parties for blocking the development of the region.
JAC chairman Lajpat Rai said the movement was getting good response from all sectors of North Andhra region. In support of the movement, relay hunger strikes would be organised at village and mandal levels.
Later, speaking to the media, Amarnath expressed concern over North Andhra not witnessing any progress during Chandrababu Naidu's 14-year-long stint as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. "It is unfortunate that the TDP is questioning the YSRCP's three-year-long rule," the Minister stated. People lost their faith in the TDP as it continues to block the development of the State, he said.
Anakapalli MP BV Satyavathi, MLC Varudhu Kalyani, Mayor G Hari Venkata Kumari, MLA Vasuapalli Ganesh Kumar, NREDCAP chairman KK Raju, West constituency in-charge Adari Anand Kumar, among others took part in the poster launch.
