NewsX: Govt earlier suggested Hyderabad to be a joint capital for 10 years

Earlier, the Centre had announced that the city will be the joint capital of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for 10 years and then will be the sole capital of the latter. The tug of war over Hyderabad is due to its buoyant economy. Less than four years after the UPA almost went back on its pledge to create Telangana, the Congress on Tuesday accepted one of the oldest demands in independent India for a separate state and asked the government to split Andhra Pradesh.