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Centre says Vizag is not AP's capital yet, clarifies on July 26 reply in Lok Sabha
By: Tupaki Desk | 30 Aug 2021 6:14 PM IST
In an apparent relief to all those fighting to keep Amaravati as the capital of Andhra Pradesh, the Central Government has clarified that Vizag has been mentioned in the July 26 reply on fuel prices only as a reference city and not as a capital city. This has thus put a lid on the controversy over the rumours of Vizag being declared as the capital city.
The clarification issued by the ministry of petroleum late on Sunday night said: "In the annexure, the details given in the third column mentioning the cities was only in the sense of giving a reference city for the purpose of state levies and duty prevalent in the concerned state. The heading of column number 3 may please be read as "Capital City/Reference City".
The issue became a major controversy in AP after Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri gave an annexure in the reply to a starred question in the Lok Sabha on July 26. It was to reply on the question as to whether the government had assessed the impact of fuel price hike on the country's economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. In this, Vizag was mentioned in the capital column against Andhra Pradesh.
It may be recalled that after coming to power, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has proposed that Amaravati would be the legislative capital of AP, while the executive capital would be in Visakhapatnam. Kurnool will be the judicial capital. A resolution was passed to this effect in the AP legislative assembly.
The clarification issued by the ministry of petroleum late on Sunday night said: "In the annexure, the details given in the third column mentioning the cities was only in the sense of giving a reference city for the purpose of state levies and duty prevalent in the concerned state. The heading of column number 3 may please be read as "Capital City/Reference City".
The issue became a major controversy in AP after Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri gave an annexure in the reply to a starred question in the Lok Sabha on July 26. It was to reply on the question as to whether the government had assessed the impact of fuel price hike on the country's economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. In this, Vizag was mentioned in the capital column against Andhra Pradesh.
It may be recalled that after coming to power, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has proposed that Amaravati would be the legislative capital of AP, while the executive capital would be in Visakhapatnam. Kurnool will be the judicial capital. A resolution was passed to this effect in the AP legislative assembly.