The amaravati capital region's farmers began their 61-day "Amaravati to Arasavilli" padayatra on Monday, sparking a huge counterattack by the ruling congress PARTY' target='_blank' title='ysr congress-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>ysr congress party. Nearly all of the ministers and MLAs from the Andhra region's northern coast have unleashed a broadside against the telugu Desam Party, which is apparently using the amaravati farmers' agitation as political leverage.
If the farmers' padayatra in north-coastal Andhra is well received or even if it goes ahead without a hitch, it will be a major defeat for the YSRC leadership, who is adamant about building three capital cities for the state. According to sources, the YSRC leadership gave the leaders of north coastal Andhra specific instructions to prevent the farmers of amaravati from finishing their yatra and to strongly convey to the residents of their districts that the yatra is intended to impede their growth.
Because of this, everyone has been hammering away at the padayatra, from assembly speaker tammineni sitaram to ministers like Dharmana Prasada Rao, Botsa Satyanarayana, Seediri Appala Raju, and gudivada Amaranath. "How can we permit the padayatra, which aims to revoke Andhra's privileges in the north coastal region? Why do we need to approve of the same? Sitaram questioned recently. The amaravati issue, according to Dharmana on Monday, is simply a concern for 29 villages, but tdp President N chandrababu naidu wants to portray it as a state-wide issue.
He claimed that Naidu wanted residents of the underdeveloped north Andhra region to work as labourers in amaravati, where wealthy farmers are located. He questioned if farmers in other regions should celebrate if the value of the land owned by amaravati farmers increases significantly. The state government is devoted to the equal and all-around development of all the regions, we have already made that known, he said. Dharmana emphasised that, unlike in the case of Hyderabad, the government will not permit the concentration of growth in a single area.
If the farmers' padayatra in north-coastal Andhra is well received or even if it goes ahead without a hitch, it will be a major defeat for the YSRC leadership, who is adamant about building three capital cities for the state. According to sources, the YSRC leadership gave the leaders of north coastal Andhra specific instructions to prevent the farmers of amaravati from finishing their yatra and to strongly convey to the residents of their districts that the yatra is intended to impede their growth.
Because of this, everyone has been hammering away at the padayatra, from assembly speaker tammineni sitaram to ministers like Dharmana Prasada Rao, Botsa Satyanarayana, Seediri Appala Raju, and gudivada Amaranath. "How can we permit the padayatra, which aims to revoke Andhra's privileges in the north coastal region? Why do we need to approve of the same? Sitaram questioned recently. The amaravati issue, according to Dharmana on Monday, is simply a concern for 29 villages, but tdp President N chandrababu naidu wants to portray it as a state-wide issue.
He claimed that Naidu wanted residents of the underdeveloped north Andhra region to work as labourers in amaravati, where wealthy farmers are located. He questioned if farmers in other regions should celebrate if the value of the land owned by amaravati farmers increases significantly. The state government is devoted to the equal and all-around development of all the regions, we have already made that known, he said. Dharmana emphasised that, unlike in the case of Hyderabad, the government will not permit the concentration of growth in a single area.
