New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday to invite him for the groundbreaking ceremony of the renewed Rs 65,000-crore Amaravati capital city project to be held on May 2.
After a period of stalled progress between 2019 and 2024, Naidu has revived the Amaravati city project — the new capital of Andhra Pradesh on the banks of Krishna River — after returning to power in the state in 2024.
“The chief minister is meeting the prime minister post lunch to invite him for the groundbreaking ceremony of the renewed Amaravati city project,” an official source said.
Besides the invitation, Modi and Naidu are expected to discuss various issues related to Andhra Pradesh.
As a Rajya Sabha seat from Andhra Pradesh fell vacant following the resignation of YSRCP MP V Vijaya Sai Reddy, Modi and Naidu would also discuss the issue.
Though reports emerged that the BJP sought the Rajya Sabha seat during the meeting of Naidu with Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently, an official announcement is yet to come on the issue, and it is expected to be announced after the Chief Minister meets with Prime Minister Modi.
The reports indicated that the saffron party intends to nominate ex-bureaucrat and former president of the Tamil Nadu BJP, K Annamalai. According to sources, there is also a likelihood of the BJP nominating Madiga Reservation Porata Samithi (MRPS) founder Manda Krishna Madiga, who is also in touch with the BJP top brass.
Naidu, who was in Delhi on Tuesday, could not meet the Prime Minister as the latter went to Saudi Arabia. The itinerary of Modi’s visit to Amaravati was already finalised, and the arrangements are expedited for the public meeting to be addressed by him near the State Secretariat at Velagapudi on the evening of May 2. However, Naidu is going to Delhi to extend a formal invitation to Modi.
