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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday (April 7) announced that Amravati is now the new capital of the state.
As the first chief minister of bifurcated Andhra Pradesh between 2014 and 2019, Naidu had announced that Amaravati would be the capital of the state and invested extensively in its development. However, the TDP lost power in the 2019 assembly elections and YS Jagan Mohan Reddy assumed charge as the chief minister.
During his tenure, Reddy altered Naidu's decision and announced that Andhra Pradesh would have three capitals - administrative capital at Visakhapatnam, legislative capital at Amaravati and judicial capital at Kurnool -- instead of a single capital city at Amaravati.
After Naidu returned to power in 2024, he announced that Amaravati would be the sole capital of the state.
The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, under which Telangana was created, recognises Hyderabad as the capital of the new state, but there was no mention as to where the capital of Andhra Pradesh would come up.
On March 28, the state legislative assembly passed a resolution requesting the Centre to amend Section 5 of the Reorganisation Act to incorporate the name of "Amaravati" as the new capital of Andhra Pradesh.
To give effect to the resolution of the state legislative assembly, and to provide "statutory clarity regarding the capital" of AP, the bill proposes to amend sub-section (2) of section 5 of the reorganisation law to incorporate the name of "Amaravati" as the new capital of Andhra Pradesh with effect from June 2, 2024.
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capital of Andhra Pradesh is Amaravati. #APThanksIndia#APThanksModiJi #HistoricAmaravatiResolution pic.twitter.com/W4TocOw8nQ
— N Chandrababu Naidu (@ncbn) April 7, 2026
As the first chief minister of bifurcated Andhra Pradesh between 2014 and 2019, Naidu had announced that Amaravati would be the capital of the state and invested extensively in its development. However, the TDP lost power in the 2019 assembly elections and YS Jagan Mohan Reddy assumed charge as the chief minister.
During his tenure, Reddy altered Naidu's decision and announced that Andhra Pradesh would have three capitals - administrative capital at Visakhapatnam, legislative capital at Amaravati and judicial capital at Kurnool -- instead of a single capital city at Amaravati.
After Naidu returned to power in 2024, he announced that Amaravati would be the sole capital of the state.
The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, under which Telangana was created, recognises Hyderabad as the capital of the new state, but there was no mention as to where the capital of Andhra Pradesh would come up.
On March 28, the state legislative assembly passed a resolution requesting the Centre to amend Section 5 of the Reorganisation Act to incorporate the name of "Amaravati" as the new capital of Andhra Pradesh.
To give effect to the resolution of the state legislative assembly, and to provide "statutory clarity regarding the capital" of AP, the bill proposes to amend sub-section (2) of section 5 of the reorganisation law to incorporate the name of "Amaravati" as the new capital of Andhra Pradesh with effect from June 2, 2024.
