Congress and YSR Congress parties both have formed committees to fight against their common enemy-ruling TDP government on land acquisition issue for the capital city. Their committees are visiting the ear marked villages and trying to provoke the farmers to go against the government. They are quite successful in dividing the villagers on the party lines. However, they both claim that they are just trying to ensure farmers’ interests are safeguarded and not creating hurdles in the land acquisition process. But, obviously they both are making the job tough for the state government.

 

YSR Congress President Jagan Mohan Reddy welcomes the state government’s proposal to set-up capital city at Vijayawada, his party is now obstructing the land acquisition process in the name of safeguarding farmers’ interests. But, if seen in the contest of his fake Samaikyandhra agitations, his latest Delhi visit to meet union ministers for Hudhud relief fund etc. one may definitely suspect his party honest on this issue also.

 

The same way, Congress honesty on this issue is also to be suspected that divides the state ignoring lakhs of people’s appeals. So, when it doesn’t care for so many people, then how anyone can believe it is caring for a handful of farmers?

 

So, it appears both these parties have grabbed this sensitive issue for their political survival and not for the farmers’ sake. If, they could stop the farmers from handing over their lands to the state government, then it can’t go ahead or can step back on its decision. It will be badly struck with this issue and no surprise even if it is forced to shift the capital to somewhere else. Probably, this is what the Congress and YSR Congress parties are expecting to happen.

 

They will have edge over the government in either case. Even if the government decides to shift the capital city to some other place, still they both can have a chance to claim the credit of safeguarding the farmers’ interests. So, one can understand whether they are safeguarding the farmers’ interests or their own.