Congress on Tuesday appointed YS Sharmila, sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, as party President of the state unit. This move came a day after Gidugu Rudra Raju resigned from Andhra Pradesh’s President post.
“Congress president has appointed Y S Sharmila Reddy as the president of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee with immediate effect,” an official announcement by the party said. Congress in a statement also announced the appointment of outgoing PCC President Raju as the special invitee to the Congress Working Committee.
Recently, Sharmila merged her YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) with the Congress in Delhi in the presence of Rahul Gandhi and emerged as a newly-minted frontline Congress leader of Andhra Pradesh.
Sharmila, the founder of YSR Telangana Party, had also announced the merger of her party with the Congress and said she would fulfil any responsibility given to her. Lauding the Congress, she said it is the largest and “most secular” party in the country as it unwaveringly serves all communities and unites all sections of people.
“Today, I am very happy to be merging the YSR Telangana party into the Congress Party. It gives me immense joy that the YSR Telangana party is going to be a part of the Indian National Congress from today onwards. That YSR Telangana party is not going to be separate any more from the Congress party gives me great delight,” she had said after joining the Congress.
Sharmila is the daughter of the former chief minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh, the late YS Rajasekhara Reddy, and the younger sister of Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.
