Enforcement of Article 371 (D) of the Constitution was the major demand of the Telugu Desam Party before the bifurcation of the State.
Now that the State was divided, the AP government wants to do away with it, fearing further agitations for another bifurcation.
Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu said the Andhra Pradesh Government will soon frame new rules by cancelling irrelevant Article 371 (D) in the State post bifurcation.
“This Article was incorporated in the Constitution to address situation based issues in 1974 and is irrelevant now after bifurcation and we will cancel it to make new rules for our State”, Yanamala said.
He clarified that soon they will switch over to Amaravathi and an exercise was on to provide suitable accommodation now.
“We will soon shift to Amaravathi and begin functioning from there which will boost financial deals and transactions. The Government will shift the officials and staff as per Jawahar Committee for smooth and fair governance from Amaravathi”, he said.
About 6 lakh sqft of space was available at Vijayawada, Guntur and Nuzvid for the purpose. “For this, we are involved in an exercise of finding offices and accommodation for the ministers and officials”, Rarmakrishnudu stated.
