AP chief minister Chandrababu Naidu today declared that the new capital of the residual state would located in the center of the 13 districts and closer to Vijayawada. The house was adjourned following the dharna by the Opposition MLAs.

Making an announcement in the assembly amidst din and ruckus by the YSRC MLAs who rushed to podium and staged dharna Chandrababu Naidu said the cabinet had also decided to promote 3 mega cities and 10 smart cities in the state. ‘We have also decided to promote a focused plan for development of the backward regions of North coastal andhra and the Rayalaseema districts’ he said.

He condemned the attitude and approach of the opposition YSRC in not supporting the democratically accepted initiatives and said they were opposing every peoples welfare programs as well. ‘A cabinet sub committee has been set up to study and implement the land acquisition exercise for the new capital’.