Industries and IT ministerMekapati Gautam Reddy said the capital of a state is where the chief minister of that state stayed, and can be located anywhere.

It could bePulivendula, or Vijayawada, or any other place. In fact, the word capital does not exist in the Constitution at all. As per the 1937Sribagh Pact, it was agreed to have three capitals for the state ofAndhra Pradesh.

In fact, the word capital does not exist in the Constitution at all. The government has been executing its decision in line with the aspirations of the people of Andhra Pradesh.