The congress PARTY' target='_blank' title='ysr congress-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>ysr congress government in Andhra Pradesh, led by chief minister Y S jagan Mohan Reddy, agreed on wednesday to rename Konaseema district after Dr. B R Ambedkar, the father of the indian constitution. Later in the day, the state government will publish a preliminary notification renaming Konaseema district "Dr B R Ambedkar Konaseema district" and identifying Amalapuram as the district headquarters.
On april 4, 2022, Konaseema was created from the east godavari district, with Amalapuram as the district headquarters, as part of the reorganisation of Andhra Pradesh's 13 districts into 26. While another district was formed out of the east godavari, with kakinada town as the district headquarters, the remaining east godavari district was given rajahmundry as the district headquarters.
Several requests had been made to rename Konaseema after former lok sabha Speaker GMC Balayogi or indian Constitution architect B R Ambedkar. mudragada padmanabham, a prominent Kapu leader and former minister, wrote the chief minister two letters to this effect. Finally, instead of Balayogi, who had represented the TDP, jagan chose to rename Konaseema after Ambedkar. The district is dominated by Dalits, with the SC-only Amalapuram constituency. So, presumably, renaming the district after Ambedkar will benefit the YSRC!
On april 4, 2022, Konaseema was created from the east godavari district, with Amalapuram as the district headquarters, as part of the reorganisation of Andhra Pradesh's 13 districts into 26. While another district was formed out of the east godavari, with kakinada town as the district headquarters, the remaining east godavari district was given rajahmundry as the district headquarters.
Several requests had been made to rename Konaseema after former lok sabha Speaker GMC Balayogi or indian Constitution architect B R Ambedkar. mudragada padmanabham, a prominent Kapu leader and former minister, wrote the chief minister two letters to this effect. Finally, instead of Balayogi, who had represented the TDP, jagan chose to rename Konaseema after Ambedkar. The district is dominated by Dalits, with the SC-only Amalapuram constituency. So, presumably, renaming the district after Ambedkar will benefit the YSRC!
