Vocal Rayalaseema leader and former minister, TG Venkatesh again raised his voice, albeit after a long silence. Venkatesh, who represented Kurnool Assembly constituency in previous Assembly, today asked TDP government to locate second capital of Andhra Pradesh in Rayalaseema or else face agitation. Talking to media in Tirupati , he said  Andhra Pradesh should take cue from Jammu& Kashmir, Maharashtra and Karnataka, to develop a second capital-model.

Venkatesh used to demand trifurcation of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh, if division was inevitable, into Telangana, Rayalaseema and Andhra. He was of the opinion that Rayalaseema and Andhra were like square peg and round hole.

After the division, he joined TDP and discarded his theory of three states and Kurnool as the capital. Now, scaling down from Capital in Rayalaseema, he is settling down for second capital.

“If second capital is not located in the region, agitation is the only option for people of Rayalaseema” he cautioned the state government.

Similarly, he said, Tirupati should be developed on the lines of Vatican. The temple town should be free from meat and liquor, he added.