CPI(M) accuses A.P. government of neglecting Vijayawada’s development
The CPI(M) has criticized the Andhra Pradesh government for allegedly neglecting the development of Vijayawada. Party leaders claim the city is facing a financial crisis and that funds are being diverted away from civic projects.
Why it matters
This highlights regional political friction regarding urban development priorities and the allocation of state resources.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) accused the coalition government of neglecting Vijayawada’s development and demanded that the city be developed alongside Amaravati.
Addressing a meeting of Vijayawada Central constituency and city committee members and branch secretaries at the party office in Governorpet, CPM State secretariat member C.H. Babu Rao and State committee member D. Kashinath alleged that no major development initiative benefiting the city had been taken up by the government.
They alleged that the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) had been pushed into a financial crisis, with hundreds of crores of rupees in contractors’ bills remaining unpaid. As a result, they claimed, several works had been stalled, contractors had gone on strike, there was little response to tenders and some tendered works had been cancelled.
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