Guntur, April 3: The chants of Jai Amaravati and Jai Modi rang through the streets of Guntur on Friday as BJP,TDP and Janasena workers poured out in celebration, marking the passage of the Amaravati capital bill in both Houses of Parliament — a moment many here described as the culmination of a long and bruising political battle.
At the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Circle, party workers performed a ceremonial milk offering to a portrait of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, garlanded the statue of former Prime Minister Vajpayee, and raised slogans hailing the NDA coalition for delivering legal recognition to the city that Andhra Pradesh has long claimed as its rightful capital.
BJP Guntur district president Cherukuri Tirupati Rao, who led the celebrations, said the NDA's united effort had turned years of uncertainty into a constitutional reality. "The decision has restored the faith of the people of Andhra Pradesh," he said, thanking both the Central and state leadership for seeing the matter through.
Senior BJP leader Jupudi Rangaraju called the passage of the bill through the Assembly and Parliament a watershed moment, saying it had laid to rest a controversy that had clouded the state's political landscape for years.
East constituency MLA Naseer Ahmed struck an emotional note, remembering the farmers who had given up their lands for the capital's construction. "Their sacrifice has not gone in vain," he said, adding that legal recognition was long overdue since the state's bifurcation.
West constituency MLA Galla Madhavi said the Centre-state partnership would now accelerate development on the ground, while Janasena district president Gade Venkateswara Rao said the decision had given fresh hope to those who had fought for Amaravati through years of political turbulence.
The gathering drew a large cross-section of BJP and Janasena district leaders and workers, reflecting the mood of a coalition united in celebrating what many here are calling Andhra Pradesh's defining political moment.
