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Parliament on Thursday passed the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2026, officially recognising Amaravati as the state’s permanent capital.The bill, tabled by MoS Home Nityanand Rai, comes after the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly passed a resolution on March 28 requesting an amendment to Section 5 of the 2014 Reorganisation Act.The legislation ends years of uncertainty over the state capital. Under the 2014 Act, Hyderabad was to serve as the common capital for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for a transitional period of up to ten years. The amendment clarifies that Amaravati will succeed Hyderabad as Andhra Pradesh’s capital, effective retrospectively from June 2, 2024, covering all areas notified under the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority Act, 2014.TDP MP Lavu Krishna said the bill restores Amaravati as the sole capital, overturning the previous government’s 2019-2025 plan of three capitals – administrative at Visakhapatnam, legislative at Amaravati, and judicial at Kurnool. The move brings continuity and clarity for the people.The bill also fulfils a longstanding promise of TDP chief and former CM N Chandrababu Naidu , who first announced Amaravati as the capital in 2015. Despite the YSR Congress government’s push for a three-capital plan after 2019, Naidu’s return to power in 2024 reaffirmed Amaravati’s status, prompting the assembly to seek statutory clarity.The amendment legally cements Amaravati’s position, preventing future changes and ending nearly a decade of ambiguity over the state capital since Andhra Pradesh’s bifurcation.