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Updated: Jan 10, 2020 08:44 IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Jan 10 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N
Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday carried out a rally in Krishna district's Machilipatnam to seek people's support for his demand to retain
the state capital in Amaravati.Naidu also sought donations from people to continue his movement
He was accompanied by CPI state secretary K Ramakrishna.TDP leaders and workers on Thursday held a sit-in protest on the national highway
near Kanchikacharla against Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led government's proposal to shift state capital from Amaravati.Protestors
raised slogans against Reddy and in favour of Amaravati capital
They burnt tyres on the highway and blocked the traffic on the stretch for hours.The GN Rao Committee, which was set up by the Andhra
Pradesh government to look into the suggestion of three capitals, has made a favourable recommendation saying it will help in decentralised
development and put the available resources to the best use
It proposed Visakhapatnam as the Executive capital and Kurnool the judicial capital while retaining Amaravati as the legislative capital
