Has Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu failed to learn lessons from the history and committing the same mistake with Amaravathi capital, which may fuel yet another 'separatist movement' in AP?
Strong arguments are being put forth by various sections which point out that Naidu has been going for ‘too much cenrtralisation of development activities’ in new capital Amaravathi at the cost of other Seemandhra districts.
They argue that Naidu committed the same mistake during his earlier stint as CM of Undivided AP for nine years from 1995 to 2004 by concentrating entire development activities in Hyderabad by bringing Hitec city, IT corridor, Indian School of Business, IIIT-Hyderabad and what not.
When AP was bifurcated and Hyderabad capital city went to Telangana, the residuary AP was left with nothing and had to begin the journey from the scratch again.
Despite knowing and experiencing this fully, Naidu seems to be going for total centralization of development activities in Amaravathi by setting up everything under the sun right from all government buildings, High Court to all the industries only there.
With this, people in remaining 10 districts are being felt totally neglected prompting ‘separatist movement thoughts’ in their mind as was witnessed in the case of Telangana movement earlier.
YSRCP president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy also echoed similar views on this issue on Tuesday when he visited Paidipalem project in Simhadripuram mandal in Kadapa district.
He said in the name of Amaravathi, Naidu is totally neglecting North Andhra and Rayalaseema districts.
YS Jagan said, "We are not against the development of Capital city. But there should be equitable distribution of development activities. If entire focus is laid on Amaravathi like he did in Hyderabad earlier, it may fuel unrest among people of other AP districts which is not good for the state. But Naidu seems to be repeating the same mistake by focusing entire development in Amaravathi."
