New Delhi: In a significant reshuffle, the Congress occasion has named YS Sharmila Reddy, the sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, as the brand new president of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee. The announcement got here on Tuesday, following the resignation of G Rudra Raju from the submit of state Congress chief on Monday.
YS Sharmila, who had fashioned the YSR Telangana Occasion to combat for the separate statehood of Telangana, joined the Congress earlier this month and dissolved her occasion into the grand previous occasion. She met with Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge after becoming a member of the occasion.
G Rudra Raju, who had led the Congress in Andhra Pradesh since 2019, has been given a spot within the Congress Working Committee as a particular invitee.
The Congress is eyeing a comeback in Andhra Pradesh, the place it had misplaced energy in 2014 after the bifurcation of the state. The occasion had additionally confronted a humiliating defeat within the 2019 Lok Sabha and meeting elections, successful zero seats in each.
Nonetheless, the occasion is hopeful of enhancing its efficiency within the upcoming elections, scheduled to be held in April-Might this yr, together with the Lok Sabha polls. The occasion is banking on its current success in Telangana, the place it had toppled the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi within the meeting elections in November final yr.
YS Sharmila Reddy, who’s seen as a well-liked chief among the many lots, particularly the youth and girls, is predicted to spice up the morale of the Congress employees and supporters in Andhra Pradesh. She can be prone to pose a problem to her brother YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, who’s the chief minister of the YSR Congress Occasion, which is at present in energy within the state.
Announcement Comes Amid PM Modi’s Go to To Andhra
Sharmila’s announcement as Andhra Pradesh Congress president comes amid PM Narendra Modi’s go to to the southern state. The foremost reshuffle by the Congress comes forward of 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Simply six days earlier than the Pran Pratishtha ceremony of the grand Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Veerabhadra temple in Lepakshi, Andhra Pradesh right this moment. He’s on a two-day go to to Andhra Pradesh and Kerala on January 16 and 17.
