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With the reorganisation of the state into Andhra Pradesh (balance) and Telangana, Hyderabad which was the capital now became capital of Telangana. Political leaders from Andhra tried their best to keep Hyderabad as joint capital (which is absurd considering it being surrounded by areas from Telangana) or at best as a Union Territory (a la Chandigarh). However all these were thwarted by the Union Government. During the discussion in Parliament the then UPA government promised help in construction of a capital for the state of Andhra Pradesh. This was also reiterated by Mr Modi (then PM candidate and now Prime Minister) while his election campaign in Andhra. The then Union Government constituted a committee under Mr Siva Ramakrishnan to visit all the towns in Andhra and suggest a suitable place for capital city. The present chief minister during his campaign for state legislative elections sold a dream of constructing a capital like Singapore for the state. In fact he promised that

One of the features of Andhra Pradesh (reconstituted state) assembly is that two parties account for nearly 98-99% of the total members in the house with no representation for the party which governed previously. This has happened due to various reasons main being the division of the State into the rump state and the state of Telangana. Telugu Desam which was a main opposition in the undivided state for 10 years came into power with various promises to the people.  Some of the main promises being the loan waiver for farmers & women self help groups, promise of a job for each household, banning of illegal shops selling liquor (known in local parlance as belt shops) and last but not the promise of good governance based on their experience in government (their leader Mr Naidu was a Chief Minister of the undivided state for 9 years and main opposition leader for another 10 years).  Even though the government is constituted and swore in almost two and a half months