Hyderabad, April 12 -- The YSR Congress party has decided to aggressively push for party chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's proposal of projecting Machilipatnam-Vijayawada-Guntur (Mavigun) corridor as an alternative capital model, notwithstanding the Centre's statutory approval to the state government's proposal to designate Amaravati as the capital.

The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2026, was passed in the Parliament in the first week of April.

Jagan mooted the proposal at a press conference on April 1, when the Lok Sabha passed the bill.

Describing it as a "Plan B" for the capital region, the YSRCP chief suggested that instead of confining the capital to Amaravati, the government should consider declaring the 110-kilometr...