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YSR Congress Party

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YSR Congress Party (Telugu: ) or

Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party[2] (lit. Youth, YSR congress Party
Labour and Farmer Congress Party) is a regional political
party in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in India.
It was founded by Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy, the son of
former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y. S. Rajasekhara
Reddy (popularly known as YSR) in 2011.[3] Both YSR and
Jaganmohan Reddy (called Jagan by his followers) had been
members of the Indian National Congress.[4] Jagan was also
elected as the national president of the party.[5]
President Y. S. Vijaya Lakshmi
Chairperson Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
Contents Secretary-General Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
Lok Sabha leader Mekapati Rajamohan
1 Background
Reddy
2 Creation of the new party
3 Electoral performance Founded 12 March 2011
4 Results Headquarters Hyderabad, Telangana,
5 See also India
6 References Student wing YSR Congress Student
7 External links Wing
Youth wing YSR Congress Youth Wing
Women's wing YSR Congress Mahila
Background Wing
Labour wing YSR Congress Trade Union
After the death of the then-incumbent Chief Minister Y. S.
Colours Blue, White and Green
Rajashekhara Reddy in a helicopter crash in September
2009,[6] his son Jaganmohan Reddy, the incumbent MP from ECI Status State Party [1]
Kadapa, started an Odarpu Yatra (condolence tour) across Seats in Lok Sabha 9 / 545
Andhra Pradesh, supposedly to console the families of those
who had committed suicide or died of shock after the death Seats in Rajya Sabha 1 / 245
of his father. This was however not supported by the
Congress leadership.[7] Congress President Sonia Gandhi Election symbol
claimed the rising volatile situation in the state regarding the
Telangana issue as the main reason for opposing the "Odarpu
Yatra". Defying the Congress High Command's order to call
off the tour, Jagan went ahead with the first leg of the
"Odarpu Yatra" in the West Godavari and Khammam
districts from in April 2010.[8]

Meanwhile, Jagan-owned Sakshi TV news channel and

Sakshi newspaper, had been continuously criticising the new Website
Chief Minister Konijeti Rosaiah and the Congress leadership http://www.ysrcongress.com/en/
at New Delhi. In a special programme on Sakshi TV to mark
the 125th anniversary celebrations of the Congress party, a Politics of India
voice-over made remarks on Sonia Gandhi and the Prime Political parties
Elections
Minister Manmohan Singh on the "current state of affairs" in
the State, which invited anger and protests from the Congress
loyalists and increased the gap and friction between Jagan and the Congress loyalists.[9] The channel later
deleted those remarks in a re-telecast.
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Creation of the new party

After accusing the Congress of ill-treating him and creating rifts in his family by luring his uncle YS
Vivekananda Reddy (younger brother of YSR) with a state ministerial berth in the aftermath of the death of his
father, Jagan and his mother Y. S. Vijaya Lakshmi resigned from the Kadapa Lok Sabha and Pulivendula
Assembly constituencies respectively and also as members of the Congress in November 2010.[10] They took
over the leadership of an existing YSR Congress Party in March 2011, which was founded by Siva Kumar, a
Telangana-based advocate and a fan of YSR, in 2009.[3][11] Many Congress leaders loyal to Jagan also quit the
Congress and joined the YSR Congress. This resulted in the weakening of the Congress's strength in both the
assembly and the Lok Sabha, necessitating by-elections. In the ensuing by-elections, the party won most of the
vacated seats with record breaking majorities, with many of the Congress and the Telugu Desam Party (the
main opposition) candidates losing their deposits.[12] The party has a strength of 67 members in the 175-
member state assembly and 9 members in the Lok Sabha(out of 25 in AP) as the election results declared on 17
May 2014, simultaneously.[13]

Electoral performance
In March 2012, YSR Congress won the Kovur assembly seat in Nellore district in a by-election.

On 30 October 2012, YSR Congress won the Nellore Lok Sabha seat and 15 of 18 assembly seats in Andhra
Pradesh. YSR Congress leaders P. Subhash Chandra Bose from Ramachandrapuram constituency of East
Godavari district and Konda Surekha from Parakala constituency of Warangal district, both ministers in the
YSR cabinet, had switched to YSR Congress party but lost their races.[14] The Performance of the party in
2014 is pretty good, however lost the elections to its political rival Telugu Desam Party.

Results
Year Election Seats Won Seats Contested
2012 Assembly (By) 17 19
Andhra Pradesh Legislative
2014 67 175
Assembly election, 2014

Year Election Seats Won Seats Contested

2012 Lok Sabha Bypoll 2 2

Lok Sabha General

2014 9 25
Elections

See also
List of political parties in India

References

1. "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013" (http://eci.nic.in/eci
_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/ElecSym19012013_eng.pdf) (PDF). India: Election
Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.

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2. "Why YSR Congress?" (http://www.ysrcongress.com/en/article/Why_YSR_Congress_.html). 2011.

Retrieved 19 May 2014.
3. " 'YSR Congress' is now Jagan's party - The Times of India" (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
2011-02-16/hyderabad/28551407_1_jagan-camp-ysr-Congress-ysr-Congress). The Times Of India.
4. Rao, A. Srinivasa "Jaganmohan Reddy acquires YSR Congress Party from worker"
''indiatoday.intoday.in'' 17 February 2011 (http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/130060/india/jaganmoha
n-reddy-may-buy-ysr-Congress-party-from-worker.html). Indiatoday.intoday.in (2011-02-17). Retrieved
on 2011-10-20.
5. NATIONAL / ANDHRA PRADESH : Jagan is national president of YSR Congress Party (http://www.th
ehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/article1479332.ece). The Hindu (2011-02-22).
Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
6. http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3202913
7. "Defiant Jagan to go ahead with 'Odarpu' yatra - The Times of India" (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatim
es.com/2010-08-22/india/28288607_1_odarpu-yatra-defiant-jagan-sensitive-telangana-region). The
Times Of India.
8. http://zeenews.india.com/election09/story.aspx?aid=640242
9. With TV attack on Sonia & PM, Jagan signals its time to go (http://www.indianexpress.com/news/with-t
v-attack-on-sonia-&-pm-jagan-signals/713930/). Indian Express (2010-11-21). Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
10. http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/jagan-quits-congress-to-float-ysr-congress_671102.html
11. Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : Jagan is national president of YSR Congress Party (http://www.hind
u.com/2011/02/22/stories/2011022262250400.htm). The Hindu (2011-02-22). Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
12. "News / National : Jagan quits Congress, Kadapa Lok Sabha seat" (http://www.thehindu.com/news/natio
nal/article921291.ece). The Hindu (2010-11-29). Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
13. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/lok-sabha-election-results-2014-andhra-pradesh/
14. "Jagan's YSR Congress wins Nellore Lok Sabha, 15 assembly seats" (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
india/Jagans-YSR-Congress-wins-Nellore-Lok-Sabha-14-assembly-seats/articleshow/14147764.cms).
The Times Of India. 15 June 2012.

External links
YSR Congress (http://www.ysrcongress.com/) Official Party website

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