Updated Feb 10, 2021 | 12:18 IST
Will YS Sharmila be able to carry her father late YS Rajasekhara Reddy s legacy to reap political dividends in Telangana? YS Sharmila | Photo Credit: ANI
Hyderabad: A day after meeting former united Andhra Pradesh chief minister late YS Rajasekhara Reddy s fans and supporters, YS Sharmila on Wednesday said that it is evident that there is a need for change in Telangana. Sharmila had met her late father’s supporters at her Lotus Pond home in Hyderabad s posh Jubilee Hills area.
A decision on forming a new party in Telangana will be taken after discussing the matter with the people of various districts, added Sharmila, the sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.
YS Jagan was against Sharmila floating her Political Party:- The entire Telugu states are aware about the rift between YS Jaganmohan Reddy and his sister YS Sharmila. Though she was promised a prominent place in his party YSRCP, it never happened. YS Jagan promised to offer her MP from Rajya Sabha but she was ignored. Leaving many in surprise, YS Sharmila is all set to announce her own political party that would operate from Telangana. She met her well-wishers and the supporters of late YS Rajasekhar Reddy in Lotus Pond residence to take the big step. She said that she wishes to see Rajanna Rajyam in Telangana and she would work for it in the state. Some of the close aides of YS Sharmila made the differences between YS Jagan and Sharmila official which did not go well with the leading YSRCP in Andhra Pradesh.
Is Y S Sharmila planning to launch a regional party in Telangana?
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Published: Tuesday, February 9, 2021, 14:44 [IST]
New Delhi, Feb 09: Is Y S Sharmila, sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, planning to launch a regional party in Telangana?
Y S Sharmila
Sharmila s talks with her late father s sympathisers here, triggering buzz of possible change in Telangana politics. Sharmila s father and late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, widely known as YSR, was the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh from 2004 to 2009. The Congress leader died in a chopper crash in September 2009.
Congress leaders, who were closely associated with late Rajasekhara Reddy and also his loyalists, eliciting their suggestions and opinion.