Large gatherings and rallies are banned across Amaravati as protests by farmers, backed by Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party (TDP), entered the twenty-seventh day. The farmers have been protesting against Jaganmohan Reddy government's proposal of shifting the capital from Amaravati. In 2014, 28,000 farmers had given up nearly 33,000 acres of agricultural land for the 'futuristic capital' proposed by then chief minister Chandrababu Naidu.