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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Srikanth Aluri | TNN

HC rejects Andhra Pradesh government plan to split capital in three

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh high court on Thursday ruled that the state government does not have legislative competence to pass any resolution/law for change of capital or bifurcating or trifurcating the capital city.

The Jagan Mohan Reddy government had dropped the plan to develop Amaravati as capital after coming to power in 2019 and decided to divide the capital between Amaravati, Visakhapatnam and Kurnool.

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