The stage is set for Amaravati Parirakshana Samithi‘s Maha Padayatra to begin at Venkatapalem village in Thullur mandal on September 12 in the wake of the grant of permission for it by the police in compliance with the High Court (HC) order.
The farmers will start the Padayatra after offering prayers at the Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple to mount pressure on the government to give up the proposal to have three capitals for the State.
It may be recalled that towards achieving the said objective, the government passed the AP Decentralisation and Inclusive Development of All Regions and CRDA Repeal Acts, which had to be withdrawn as a consequence of the HC verdict, wherein it was ruled that the State lacked legislative competence to split the capital.
