Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. jagan Mohan reddy stated on thursday that the government would move on with the decentralisation of administration while defending his three capital formula. He told the assembly that establishing amaravati as the only state capital would be like chasing dreams since it would cost Rs 30 lakh crore and take at least 100 years. He effectively ruled out Amaravati's development as the only state capital.

In the house, there had been a brief discussion about administrative and decentralisation reforms. The debate took on significance in light of the second maha Padyatra, which was organised by farmers and other people in 29 villages in the amaravati region to demand that the High Court's order for the development of amaravati be implemented. The long foot march, according to jagan Mohan reddy, was a drama intended to incite regional animosity among individuals from different regions, he claimed.

He claimed that the people behind the protest for the previous 1,000 days were individuals who were involved in shady land deals in amaravati and those who wanted to defend their lands and other interests. He observed that the state was not constrained to merely an 8 square km radius or 50,000 acre land parcel in response to the demand for amaravati to be developed as the sole capital. The leader, known as jagan, asserted that he is not opposed to the southern coastal region of Andhra and that he wants to develop it on a par with other regions. It was for this reason that the government chose to make amaravati one of the three capitals.

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