Actor-politician and Jana Sena Party (JSP) chief Pawan Kalyan visited Amaravati in solidarity with the protesting farmers. The actor slammed at the ruling YSRCP for cheating Amaravati farmers over three capitals move — a legislative one (Amaravati), an executive capital (Visakhapatnam) and a judicial capital (Kurnool). Speaking at the protest, he said, “The successive governments must implement the policy decisions of previous governments are making corrections if there are any mistakes. They should not reverse the decisions. Amaravati was decided as the capital city in 2014 itself,”.
Pawan further added, “The YSRCP got votes by promising people that they will continue Amaravati as the capital city. The YSRCP has betrayed the people of the capital region…When the people have given a huge mandate to the YSRCP government, in turn, it has given instability,” . He also spoke at length how he took up the matter Prime Minister Narendra Modi stating, “The situation has arisen where the Centre has to pay because of mistakes committed by the state government. No deliberation has taken place between the state government and the Centre on the shifting of the capital. If the YSRCP says that the decision has approval from the Centre, then ask them to show the written assurance.”
