Vijayawada, January 14: Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday took part in Bhogi festival held by Amaravati Parirakshana Samithi. During the function, Chandrababu Naidu and TDP leaders burnt GN Rao Committee report, which first recommended three capitals for Andhra Pradesh. The Amaravati Parirakshana Samiti is fighting for retaining Amaravati as the state capital and has been holding protests in various towns. Andhra Assembly Session to Begin on January 20, May Take Call on Three Capital Issue.

Retired IAS officer G Nageswara Rao led expert committee on development strategies for Andhra Pradesh had recommended that the Secretariat, the Chief Minister’s camp office, summer Assembly and a High Court (HC) Bench be set up in the Visakhapatnam metropolitan region, reported The Hindu.

N Chandrababu Naidu and TDP leaders burnt the GN Rao Committee report opposing the "three-capital" proposal. Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is Acting Like a Psycho, Implementing Anti-people Policies, Says Chandrababu Naidu.

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While the TDP is opposing the three-capital idea tooth and nail, the ruling YSR Congress Party is in favour of the idea and decentralisation of power. YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) MLA from Mangalagiri, Alla Ramakrishna Reddy, who along with his supporters on Monday were detained for organising a rally in favour of government's proposal of three capitals in the state, attacked TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and said that the farmers are expressing concern that Naidu deceived them by taking away their fertile lands in the name of capital development.

Earlier, police had imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 in the area, which prohibits an assembly of four or more people. A rally that started from Penumaka village was scheduled to end at Tadepalli. YSRCP cadre and people carried placard and raised slogans in favour of decentralisation of power and three-capital recommendation.

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