One of the first announcements made by Chandrababu Naidu, who was sworn in as Andhra Pradesh chief minister, on June 12, 2024, was that the state would have only one capital Amaravati. A day before his oath-taking Naidu said: "In our government, there will be no games under the guise of three capitals. Our capital is Amaravati. Amaravati is the capital."  The swearing-in of Naidu, supremo of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), two-time CM of undivided Andhra (1995-1999 and 1999-2004), and one time CM (2014-2019) of the new state that had Telangana carved out of it, was high profile and attended by several important political figures, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself. Support of TDP, which has 16 seats in Lok Sabha, is crucial for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition government led by Modi (Naidu has been part of the NDA on earlier occasions as well). In the recently held AP assembly elections, TDP won 135 seats while the two allies – Jana Sena Party and BJP won 21 and 8 seats respectively in the 175-member assembly.