AMARAVATI: The Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy regime is putting up a brave face on the 'three capitals' issue, knowing fully well that it is legally on a weak wicket. Following the Andhra Pradesh High Court's March 3 verdict, that the state Legislature "lacked competence" to make any legislation for shifting, bifurcating or trifurcating the capital, the state government is literally not in a position to either go forward or backward.
But still, the ruling dispensation is making noises that it will "somehow or the other" go ahead with its "decentralisation" plan and establish multiple capitals for the state. To avoid any further legal complications, though, the government is claiming it's "not shifting" the capital as such, but only "decentralising the administration."
