The three-capitals plan disclosed in the state assembly by YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and was later recommended by the G N Rao committee turned out to be an embarrassment to some YSR Congress party legislators.
Especially for leaders like Mangalagiri MLA Alla Ramakrishna Reddy and Tadikonda MLA Sridevi, the decision has caused trouble as they have been promising the farmers of Amaravati that the capital works would go on as usual and there was no need to worry about their lands.
In fact, Ramakrishna Reddy had been promising the farmers of Undavalli and Penumaka that he would ensure they would get a handsome price for their lands from the government as they refused to give their lands under land pooling system of former Telugu Desam Party government.
Now with the government deciding to shift the capital to Visakhapatnam, the hopes of farmes were completely shattered.
And for the last one week, Ramakrishna Reddy and Sridevi have not been making any public appearances as they cannot speak a word against the Jagan’s proposal.
On Monday, the protesting farmers at the Mangalagiri assembly constituency lodged a missing case on Ramakrishna Reddy at the Mangalagiri police station.
The farmers, in their complaint, explained that the MLA absconded after the announcement of the three capitals idea by the chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.
They informed that they were worried about the missing of their MLA, since then. They demanded the police officials to identify the whereabouts of the MLA immediately and inform them.
The farmers explained that they wished to inform their problems after the announcement of the three capitals, to the MLA.
Farmers blamed that, from the last one week, they could not find him either at his home, office or any other place.