Congress appoints YS Sharmila as Andhra Pradesh state president after G Rudra Raju quits post

Congress on Tuesday (January 16) appointed YS Sharmila, sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, as occasion President of the state unit. This transfer got here a day after Gidugu Rudra Raju resigned from Andhra Pradesh’s President submit.

“Congress president has appointed Y S Sharmila Reddy because the president of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee with rapid impact,” an official announcement by the occasion mentioned.

Congress appoints Gidugu Rudra Raju as particular invitee to Working Committee

Congress in a press release additionally introduced the appointment of outgoing PCC President Raju because the particular invitee to the Congress Working Committee.

Just lately, Sharmila merged her YSR Telangana Occasion (YSRTP) with the Congress in Delhi within the presence of Rahul Gandhi and emerged as a newly-minted frontline Congress chief of Andhra Pradesh.

In response to a information company PTI supply, Rudra Raju sensed that the Congress is leaning in direction of appointing Sharmila because the Andhra Pradesh Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president and pitting her towards her older brother, YSRCP chief and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy.

Sharmila joins Congress

Sharmila, the founding father of YSR Telangana Occasion, had additionally introduced the merger of her occasion with the Congress and mentioned she would fulfil any duty given to her.

Lauding the Congress, she mentioned it’s the largest and “most secular” occasion within the nation because it unwaveringly serves all communities and unites all sections of individuals.

“At this time, I’m very joyful to be merging the YSR Telangana occasion into the Congress Occasion. It offers me immense pleasure that the YSR Telangana occasion goes to be part of the Indian Nationwide Congress from as we speak onwards. That YSR Telangana occasion is just not going to be separate any extra from the Congress occasion offers me nice delight,” she had mentioned after becoming a member of the Congress.

Sharmila is the daughter of the previous chief minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh, the late YS Rajasekhara Reddy, and the youthful sister of Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. 

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