Mavigun Vs Amaravati What Is Jagans Strategy

YSR Congress Party president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy’s announcement that his party will contest the 2029 Assembly elections with the “Mavigun” capital agenda has triggered intense political debate in the state.

Jagan has taken a calculated political risk by projecting Mavigun as an alternative to Amaravati, despite knowing that people had rejected his three-capital plan in favour of Amaravati in the 2024 Assembly elections.

“By asking people to vote for his party on the plank of Mavigun vs Amaravati, Jagan has taken a big risk. He even said those who endorse Amaravati as the capital city can vote for the TDP. In a way, he has thrown a challenge to the TDP-led coalition,” an analyst said.

Analysts are now wondering how Jagan is going to convince people about Mavigun, which many see as a non-serious proposal.

“He has to come up with a comprehensive action plan to develop a new metropolitan capital region by integrating Machilipatnam, Vijayawada and Guntur,” the analyst said.

The announcement assumes importance as it comes despite the Centre having accorded legal backing to Amaravati as the state capital.

“It is not so easy for Jagan to change it, even if his party comes to power in 2029,” he said.

Interestingly, the Mavigun proposal marks a strategic shift from the YSRCP’s earlier three-capital policy, under which Amaravati, Visakhapatnam and Kurnool were proposed as the legislative, executive and judicial capitals, respectively.

Analysts believe the Mavigun proposal is aimed at avoiding the political baggage associated with the three-capital model while simultaneously appealing to voters in the Amaravati region and strengthening the party’s prospects in Coastal Andhra.

Political observers feel that Jagan has put forward the Mavigun proposal mainly to deny any political advantage to chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu. He also wants to convey to people that Amaravati is a cost-intensive and unviable project.

His party leaders have already been propagating that Amaravati will not be completed even after three decades. On the other hand, they are projecting Mavigun as a larger, more practical and economically viable alternative.

“By placing the two models before voters, Jagan appears to be preparing to make the state capital one of the defining issues of the 2029 elections,” the analyst said.

There is also an electoral dimension to the Mavigun proposal. After the three-capital policy failed to yield political dividends in the previous elections, with the YSRCP suffering setbacks not only in Rayalaseema but also in Visakhapatnam, Krishna and Guntur districts, the party appears to have changed its strategy.

By promising to integrate Machilipatnam Port with Vijayawada and Guntur, the YSRCP hopes to generate expectations of industrial growth, employment opportunities and improved connectivity among youth and residents of the coastal districts.

Analysts believe the move is aimed at regaining the political ground the party lost in the 2024 elections.

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