While YS stands for Yeduguri Sandinti, Morusupalli is the surname of Sharmila’s husband Anil Kumar, a well-known evangelist who, sources said, works behind the scenes when it comes to politics. Kumar, who belongs to an orthodox Brahmin family in Telangana, reportedly converted to Christianity after meeting and marrying Sharmila. Since 21 January, the day Sharmila … Read more
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy Tuesday said that “some of Chandrababu Naidu’s admirers, star campaigners have joined the party that divided the state, in order to uplift the former CM’s position”. The remarks are being seen as Jagan’s first public reaction to his sister Y.S. Sharmila’s venture into Andhra Pradesh as state … Read more
TIRUPATI: YS Sharmila paid tributes to her father and former Chief Dr YS Rajasekhar Reddy at the latter’s memorial at Idupulapaya in YSR Kadapa district on Saturday evening, just hours before she was scheduled to take over the reins of the Andhra Pradesh Congress committee on Sunday.Scores of Congress party activists welcomed her at the … Read more
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy is staring at a direct fight with his sister Y.S. Sharmila for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections as she has now been made chief of the rival Congress party in the state. Sharmila had joined the Congress earlier this month and also merged her … Read more
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday appointed Y S Sharmila, the daughter of former chief minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy, as the new president of the Andhra Pradesh state unit. Sharmila, the sister of Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, had joined the Congress on January 4 in Delhi in the presence … Read more
Hyderabad: In her brief speech Thursday at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi, moments after her party YSRTP’s merger with the Congress, Y.S. Sharmila set the tone for what’s to come. She referred to Congress as the “largest secular party” in India, expressed concern over the ethnic conflict in Manipur in her capacity “as a … Read more
New Delhi: YSR Telangana Party chief Y.S. Sharmila joined the Congress Thursday, and announced the merger of her outfit with the national party. She is the daughter of veteran Congress leader and undivided Andhra Pradesh chief minister, late Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy (YSR), and the sister of present Andhra CM Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy. At the function … Read more
TIRUPATI: YS Sharmila, founder of the YSRTP and sister of Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy announced that she is all set to work with the Congress party in her next political innings.Accompanied by her mother YS Vijayamma, son Raja Reddy and to-be daughter-in-law Priya Atluri, YS Sharmila paid tributes to her father … Read more
Hyderabad: Y.S. Sharmila, sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, is set to join the Congress and merge the YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) which she had launched in 2021. She is expected to be given a prominent position in the All India Congress Committee (AICC) or made the Andhra Pradesh unit chief, YSRTP general … Read more