Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government is making elaborate arrangements for the foundation stone laying ceremony of the state's new capital city at Amaravati. Sending out invites to the celebration, ministers have personally invited actor-turned-politician Pavan Kalyan and other leaders of neighbouring Telangana in Hyderabad. State Panchayat Raj minister Ch Ayyanna Patrudu and Health Minister Kamineni Srinivas met Kalyanm to invite him on the occasion.
The actor has told reporters that his attendance in the function would solely depend on his schedule as he has to go to Gujarat for a film shoot. Answering questions, he said that he wished Amaravati should not become another Hyderabad, in reference to the development being centralised in the city. Also on the list are Telangana leaders, Legislative Assembly Speaker S Madhusudanachary, Deputy Speaker Padma Devender Reddy, Telangana BJP president G Kishan Reddy. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is expected to meet Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao to extend a personal invitation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi would lay the foundation stone for the capital city on October 22, the Vijaya Dasami day.
