Lok Sabha passes Bill recognising Amaravati as sole capital of Andhra Pradesh

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday (April 1, 2026) passed a Invoice to recognise Amaravati as the sole real and permanent capital of Andhra Pradesh, with the main Opposition event Congress extending red meat as a lot as the guidelines. The YSR Congress Event – which had earlier proposed a three-capital thought for the Allege – walked out in yelp.

The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Invoice, 2026, was passed by a divulge vote after a practically two-hour debate. This is succesful of merely now be sent to the Rajya Sabha, after which to the President for assent.

As soon as enacted, this might perhaps give statutory backing to Amaravati as the Allege’s capital with scheme from June 2, 2024, successfully foreclosing any future strive and alter the resolution.

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Replying to the debate, Minister of Allege for Residence Nityanand Rai thanked participants for supporting a resolution adopted by the Andhra Pradesh Assembly looking for exquisite recognition for Amaravati as the capital.

Initiating the discussion, Congress member Manickam Tagore acknowledged his event supported the Invoice but reiterated the quiz for particular class assert for the Allege. “Let Amaravati originate cherish Bengaluru, Chennai or Hyderabad. On the the same time, cities comparable to Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, and Kurnool have to also grow,” he acknowledged.

Actual via his tenure as Chief Minister, YSRCP leader Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, had proposed a three-capital mannequin for the Allege — administrative capital at Visakhapatnam, legislative capital at Amaravati, and judicial capital at Kurnool. After returning to vitality in 2024, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu reversed the thought and reiterated that Amaravati will most certainly be the Allege’s sole capital.

Collaborating in the debate, TDP member and Union Minister of Allege Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani urged the Residence to scurry the Invoice unanimously, announcing it would discontinue the uncertainty over the Allege’s capital.

Supporting the guidelines, BJP member C.M. Ramesh acknowledged it was perhaps the main instance of Parliament enacting a guidelines to formally account for a explicit spot as a Allege capital. The sooner proposal for 3 capitals, he acknowledged, was “illogical and irrational”.

Compensate farmers: YSRCP

The YSRCP, nonetheless, adversarial the measure, arguing that the pursuits of farmers who had parted with land for the capital challenge remained unaddressed. Event member P.V. Midhun Reddy acknowledged practically 34,000 acres had been pooled for the Amaravati capital challenge, with assurances of developed plots, housing, and education advantages for affected families.

“Give a clear timeline for compensating the farmers and incorporate it in the Invoice. In every other case it has small which manner,” he acknowledged, also questioning the monetary viability of organising such a broad capital city.

In response to the Invoice, the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, had stipulated that Hyderabad will most certainly be the in sort capital of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for a period no longer exceeding 10 years after the Allege’s bifurcation. The modification seeks to formally incorporate Amaravati as the capital of Andhra Pradesh from June 2, 2024, primarily based completely mostly on a resolution passed by the Allege Assembly on March 28.