Why did Andhra Pradesh not have any capital at that time?

When Telangana was carved out of Andhra Pradesh in June 2014, the city of Hyderabad which had served as the shared capital became Telangana's capital.

The transition:

• Hyderabad was designated a shared capital for up to 10 years (until 2024), allowing AP time to build a new one
• AP's government functioned from Hyderabad in the interim

The new capital debate:

• Amaravati was announced as the greenfield capital
• Construction stalled when the YSRCP government proposed a three-capital model (Amaravati as legislative, Kurnool as judicial, Visakhapatnam as executive capital)
• This faced legal challenges, farmer protests, and reversals leaving the question unresolved for nearly a decade
• Amaravati has since been reinstated as the sole capital with construction resuming