New Delhi:
YS Sharmila, founder president of YSR Telangana Social gathering and sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSR Congress Social gathering chief Jagan Mohan Reddy, might be becoming a member of the Congress this week, sources have stated. This comes shortly after the Congress swept the Meeting polls in Telangana, ending the Bharat Rashtra Samithi dominance within the state.
In response to sources, the Congress management will give Ms Sharmila an essential position in Andhra Pradesh forward of the state polls subsequent 12 months, alongside the Lok Sabha election. The transfer, it’s learnt, is aimed toward reviving the Congress in Andhra Pradesh. The occasion hopes that these prepared to depart YSRCP might now be part of the Congress at a time key opposition occasion Telugu Desam Social gathering (TDP) is struggling to carry its affect.
Ms Sharmila first hit headlines again in 2012 when Telangana had not been carved out of Andhra Pradesh. Towards the backdrop of the statehood motion gathering steam, her brother Jagan Mohan Reddy parted methods with the Congress and shaped YSCRP. He was joined by 18 MLAs and a Congress MP resigned. This paved the way in which for a number of bypolls. With Mr Reddy in jail after being arrested on corruption prices, his mom YS Vijayamma and sister YS Sharmila led the marketing campaign. The YSCRP swept the polls.
9 years later, in 2021, Ms Sharmila stated she had political variations along with her brother. She additionally burdened that YSRCP has no presence in Telangana. In July that 12 months, she introduced the formation of the YSR Telangana Social gathering and began campaigning towards the erstwhile Ok Chandrashekar Rao-led authorities.
Earlier this 12 months, Ms Sharmila had introduced that she wouldn’t contest the Telangana election. She had then stated that the Congress is well-placed to win the election and he or she didn’t need to undermine it.
In response to Congress sources, the occasion’s voteshare in Andhra has dropped abysmally over time and is now hovering round simply 1 per cent. Ms Sharmila, on her half, has fallen out along with her brother and is learnt to be going through a funds crunch to proceed her occasion actions.
Congress leaders agree that there’s hardly any time left to convey a few turnaround within the occasion’s Andhra fortunes. However the occasion hopes that giving Ms Sharmila a giant position, such because the state Congress chief, might profit the occasion at a time when it’s gearing up for the all-out battle towards the BJP.