VISAKHAPATNAM: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday announced that his swearing-in ceremony will be in the city of Vizag, once he gets elected in the coming elections. "I will stay in Vizag after elections and my swearing-in will also be in this city," he asserted.
Speaking at the unveiling of 'Vision Vizag' at the AP Development Dialogue with industrialists and entrepreneurs here, the chief minister said he will come to Vizag to take oath after re-election and will function from the city, Jagan said he was committed to the development of the city as a global one and a workable roadmap will be chalked out.
The Jagan Mohan Reddy government had come up with the three capital proposal with executive capital at Visakhapatnam. The shifting of executive capital, however, is on hold owing to legal tussles.
All the major Opposition parties in the State and farmers of Amaravati region, the region proposed by the previous TDP government as the capital of the truncated state, have been opposing the three-capital proposal.
Alleging that Opposition parties and some organizations with vested interests are spitting venom on Visakhapatnam, Jagan said that they were working for future generations. He added he was not against Amaravati and it will continue as legislative capital.
"We are creating necessary infra to develop Visakhapatnam. The Bhogapuram Greenfield International Airport will increase connectivity to the city. This will transform Visakhapatnam as an economic growth engine," he stressed.
Post bifurcation the successor state of Andhra Pradesh has been deprived of Hyderabad which prospered due to the location of 90 percent PSUs such as NMDC, IDPL, and IDFC allocated for the combined AP in the city. Visakhapatnam will be developed on par with Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Chennai to attract investors, Jagan announced.