India, Jan. 18 -- Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy called for a special session of the Legislative Assembly and Council for three days from Monday to take a final decision on shifting the state capital from Amaravati to Visakhapatnam. The Chief Minister is expected to introduce a Bill paving for three capitals for Andhra Pradesh, one for executive, legislative at Amaravati and judiciary at Kurnool.

A major step in the direction of shifting of capital from Amaravati was taken at an emergency Cabinet meeting held at Tadepalli in the limits of Amaravati on Saturday afternoon, where it was decided to repeal the Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) Act which designated Amaravati as the capital region.

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