Amaravati farmers are all set to begin their Maha Padayatra against the Andhra Pradesh Government, which proposed the three state capitals for the State.

The Maha Padayatra was organised by the farmers’ committee and Joint Action Committee (JAC) on the 12th of September.  The padayatra was started after worshipping at the Srivari temple built by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) at Venkatapalem.

The Padayatra was conducted after the Andhra Pradesh High Court gave approval for the Mahapadayatra.  Recently, on the 9th of September, Friday, the HC bench reviewed the petitions during the court hearing, seeking permission to conduct the padayatra, from Amaravati to Arasavalli in the Srikakulam district.   Notably, the petition was filed after the Andhra Pradesh Police denied permission to conduct the yatra, citing the law and order situation in the State.

However, the Andhra Pradesh High Court gave permission, following which the protesting farmers expressed happiness and continued with their arrangements for the padayatra.  The Amaravati farmers and the Parirakshana Samithi leaders took out the Mahapadayatra from the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD’s) Sri Venkateswara Temple in Venkatapalem of the Amaravati region at 5:30 A.M.  

Notably, on the 12th of September, the yatra was launched formally by hoisting the flag at 9:00 A.M.  Today, the journey would be 15 kilometres on the first day where TDP National General Secretary Mr. Nara Lokesh, the  Former Minister Mr. Devineni Umamaheswara Rao, Former Minister Mr. Kamineni Srinivas from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) former Union Ministers Mr. Renuka Chaudhary, Mr. Shailajanath, Mr. Tulsi Reddy from the Indian National Congress and from the JanaSena Party leaders Mr. Narayana, Mr. Ramakrishna from the Communist Party of India (CPI) would also participate in the Maha Padayatra.

The Maha Padayatra would conclude at Arasavalli Suryanarayana Swamy temple in the Srikakulam district covering 900 km in 60 days.

Joined by the people of Amaravati, the Amaravati Maha Padayatra was organised by the Amaravati Conservation Committee and the Capital United Action Committee. The padayatra started as a move against the ruling Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) Government, which proposed three state capitals, instead of Amaravati.    

The Amaravati capital issue is a problem for the farmers of 28 villages who sacrificed their lands.  In 2014, after Andhra Pradesh and Telangana emerged as two independent states, villagers and farmers of Amaravati gave up their lands to the then ruling Government, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP,) for the development of Amaravati as the Andhra Pradesh Capital.

However, in December 2019, the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP,) the government now in power, proposed three capitals (Visakhapatnam, Amaravati and Kurnool) for Andhra Pradesh. 

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