YS Sharmila, sister of Andhra Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy has been appointed as the State Congress Committee President by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge.
The position of Congress in Andhra Pradesh is uncertain. In this situation, YS Sharmila, younger sister of Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, recently joined the Congress party to give life to the Congress in Andhra Pradesh. She also merged the YSR Telangana party of her into the Congress.
Meanwhile, Kidugu Rudra Raju resigned from the post of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee President. After this it was said that YS Sharmila may be appointed as the President of Andhra Congress. In this situation Congress President Mallikarjuna Kharge has announced that YS Sharmila has been appointed as the President of the Andhra State Congress Committee.
Brother Vs sister clash
In Andhra Pradesh, YS Sharmila is pitted against her brother Jagan Mohan Reddy in the political arena. With the Andhra Assembly and Lok Sabha elections to be held in a few months, the strategies of the Congress party have created a stir in the state.
Andhra Assembly elections are going to be held along with Lok Sabha elections 2024. Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy has already announced the list of candidates for the Andhra Assembly elections in 2 phases. Even Though the contest is close between the ruling Y.S.R. Congress and Telugu Desam parties, Congress, BJP, Left Wing and Janasena are also in the election field in Andhra.
It is the expectation of the Congress’s Delhi high command that the appointment of YS Sharmila will help to show the presence of Congress in the state even if it cannot take over the government in Andhra Pradesh.
