2024-06-02 01:39:00
HYDERABAD: Hyderabad will cease to be the official joint capital of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh from Sunday. Section 5(1) of AP Reorganisation Act, 2014, said: “On and from the appointed day, i.e June 2, Hyderabad in the existing state of Andhra Pradesh shall be the common capital of the state of Telangana and the state of Andhra for such period not exceeding 10 years.”
Section 5(2) said after expiry of the period, Hyderabad would be the capital of Telangana only and there would be a new capital for Andhra Pradesh.
Andhra Pradesh has no permanent capital yet with the fight over Amaravati and Visakhapatnam still raging in courts. Incumbent Andhra chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy has said that if he retains power, Visakhapatnam will be the administrative capital while Amravati will be the seat of legislature and Kurnool will be the judicial capital.
For the record, AP had stopped using Hyderabad as capital soon after bifurcation in 2014 and only kept some buildings in the city. The latest separation between the two Telugu states will be symbolic but is an important milestone all the same, a political observer said.
Section 5(2) said after expiry of the period, Hyderabad would be the capital of Telangana only and there would be a new capital for Andhra Pradesh.
Andhra Pradesh has no permanent capital yet with the fight over Amaravati and Visakhapatnam still raging in courts. Incumbent Andhra chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy has said that if he retains power, Visakhapatnam will be the administrative capital while Amravati will be the seat of legislature and Kurnool will be the judicial capital.
For the record, AP had stopped using Hyderabad as capital soon after bifurcation in 2014 and only kept some buildings in the city. The latest separation between the two Telugu states will be symbolic but is an important milestone all the same, a political observer said.
