Senior Telugu Desam Party leader and former Anantapur MP J C Diwakar Reddy does not mince words even when he has to criticise his own party leaders including party president and former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
On Thursday, JC found fault with Naidu for claiming the existing buildings in Amaravati, the capital region of Andhra Pradesh, as temporary buildings.
“The existing assembly and secretariat buildings are absolutely strong and have all the facilities. Why should Naidu call them as temporary buildings? He has given a chance to the Jagan Mohan Reddy government to shift the capital on the pretext that the present buildings as temporary,” he said.
JC, however, quickly controlled himself saying Naidu might have described them as temporary buildings because he wanted to build a bigger capital.
The former MP said Jagan Mohan Reddy’s proposal for three capitals was highly impractical.
“A capital city is like the head of a state. And our great leader wants to cut it off and take it to Visakhapatnam,” he said.
JC pointed out that already, people are crying for giving up Hyderabad and moving to Vijayawada. Now, Jagan wants to shift the capital to Visakhapatnam.
“At least now, we are able to return to Anantapur in a day after completing our works, because all the offices are there. If the capital is shifted to Visakhapatnam, we have to stay away from our families for four days,” he said.