Hyderabad, Jan. 10 -- Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister and YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's outburst on Thursday opposing the construction of the capital city at Amaravati by the Chandrababu Naidu government has kicked up a political debate in the state.

Ever since the YSRCP lost power to the Telugu Desam Party-led coalition in June 2024, Jagan has been maintaining a stoic silence on Amaravati. He had not made any statement even as the Naidu government revived the capital city project, which was abandoned during the five-year YSRCP regime.

In fact, in September 2024, senior YSRCP leader and former advisor to the Jagan government Ramakrishna Reddy Sajjala announced during a media conclave in Vijayawada that...