Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy is watching a direct combat along with his sister Y.S. Sharmila for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Meeting elections as she has now been made chief of the rival Congress occasion within the state.
Sharmila had joined the Congress earlier this month and in addition merged her fledgling YSR Telangana Social gathering with the nationwide outfit.
Sharmila’s appointment, a celebration assertion stated, comes into impact instantly.
Jagan Reddy, the top of the YSR Congress Social gathering, who cut up from the mother or father Congress in 2010, has already set an bold goal of successful all 175 meeting seats within the state.
The Congress, however, is trying to revive its fortunes after being decimated within the final two elections, following the 2014 bifurcation of united Andhra into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
Sharmila, who parted methods together with her brother in 2021, fashioned the YSRTP in July the identical 12 months to give attention to Telangana. She additionally went on a 3,800-kilometre-long padayatra crisscrossing Telangana, which went to polls on 30 November, 2022.
Nonetheless, weeks forward of the November elections, Sharmila pulled again from the competition and as a substitute introduced her help for the Congress.
In a submit on X Tuesday, Sharmila thanked Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, and Rahul Gandhi for trusting her with the submit of president of the Andhra Pradesh Congress.
I thank hon’ble @kharge ji , #SoniaGandhi ji , @RahulGandhi ji , and @kcvenugopalmp ji for trusting me with submit of the president of @INC_Andhra Pradesh.
I promise to work faithfully in the direction of rebuilding the occasion to its previous glory within the State of Andhra Pradesh with complete… https://t.co/C6K8cQEz1F— YS Sharmila (@realyssharmila) January 16, 2024
Sharmila’s father, the late Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, had earlier served because the Andhra Pradesh Congress chief. He was in his second time period as chief minister of the undivided when he died in a helicopter crash in September 2009.
With Sharmila main the AP unit, the Congress, observers stated, was hopeful of reclaiming YSR’s legacy and the vote financial institution it misplaced to Jagan’s YSRCP.
“I promise to work faithfully towards rebuilding the party to its past glory in the state of Andhra Pradesh with total commitment and integrity,” Sharmila stated in her submit Tuesday.
The newly-appointed APCC chief added that she was “looking forward to working closely with each and every Congress foot soldier”, and that she additionally sought the help of Rudraraju Gidugu – the outgoing APCC chief – and each different chief of the occasion within the state. She stated that she want to construct on their expertise and experience to succeed in their set targets.
Clearing the deck for Sharmila, Gidugu had resigned from his submit on Monday.
Gidugu, the occasion press launch stated, was now appointed as a particular invitee to the Congress Working Committee.
AP Congress leaders, who had welcomed Sharmila into the occasion earlier, have additionally prolonged their help.
“We are happy with Sharmila heading the AP unit and are confident of the party regaining its past glory here,” Shaikh Mastan Vali, working president of the APCC, advised ThePrint.
“We’ve set a target and are confident of winning 15 Lok Sabha seats and 90 assembly constituencies in the coming polls,” he added.
(Edited by Tikli Basu)
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