Demanding that Amaravati be developed as the one state capital of Andhra Pradesh, farmers from the area on Saturday staged protest in New Delhi.

Leaders and staff of Amaravati Parirakshana Samithi (APS), which is spearheading the motion in opposition to proposed three capitals, organised the sit-in at Jantar Mantar.

They demanded that the YSR Congress Get together (YSRCP) authorities drop its transfer to develop three capitals and fulfill the commitments made to the individuals of Amaravati.

With the slogan of ‘Dharani Kota to Erra Kota’, the APS organised the protest to mark three years of the announcement of YSRCP authorities for trifurcation of the state capital.

APS president Shiva Reddy, secretary G. Tirupati Rao and different leaders staged the protest to focus on their demand within the nationwide capital. Leaders of the Left events and farmers’ organisations participated within the protest to indicate solidarity with Amaravati farmers.

The APS leaders will meet leaders and MPs of assorted political events on Sunday and Monday to hunt their help for his or her motion.

The Amaravati farmers may even take part in Monday’s protest by Bharatiya Kisan Sangh at Ramlila Grounds in help of assorted calls for of farmers.

Bharatiya Kisan Sangh has included the motion by Amaravati farmers within the agenda for the assembly.

It was on December 17, 2019 that Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy had introduced within the state Meeting that three state capitals will probably be developed reversing the choice of the earlier TDP authorities to develop Amaravati because the state capital.

The YSRCP authorities mooted Visakhapatnam as administrative capital, Kurnool as judicial capital and Amaravati as legislative capital.

This triggered huge protests from farmers of Amaravati, who had given 33,000 acres of land for the capital and the earlier authorities had additionally undertaken the works on some elements of the mega undertaking.

As a part of the protest, Amaravati farmers had launched Maha Padyatra from Amaravati to Arasavalli on September 12. It was scheduled to finish at Arasavalli on November 12. Nonetheless, on October 22, the organisers stopped it en route alleging that the YSRCP authorities is creating hurdles of their lengthy march.

The farmers had organised a Maha Padayatra from Amaravati to Tirupati final 12 months to mobilize public help for his or her calls for.

On March 3, 2022, Andhra Pradesh Excessive Court docket had directed the state authorities to develop Amaravati because the state capital in six months. A bench of three judges had pronounced the judgment on 75 petitions filed by Amaravati farmers and others difficult the federal government’s transfer on three capitals.

Nonetheless, the state authorities filed an enchantment within the Supreme Court docket. Final month, the Supreme Court docket stayed the Excessive Court docket order saying the courtroom can not act like a city planner or an engineer.