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Jagan Reddy set to become YSR Congress's president for life

July 07, 2022 23:02 IST

YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will be elected president for lifetime of the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress party when it begins its two-day plenary session in Amaravati on Friday.

IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy at the special programme on the 125th birth anniversary celebrations of freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju, in Bhimavaram, July 4, 2022. Photograph: ANI Photo

The party constitution will be amended to enable Jagan's election as the YSRC president for life.

This will be the third plenary of the decade-old party, and the first since it came to power in Andhra Pradesh three years ago.

 

The party has lined up nine resolutions, one each on women empowerment, education, healthcare, Direct Benefit Transfer schemes, transparency in administration, social empowerment, agriculture and industries, that would be adopted at the plenary.

The ninth resolution will be on dushta chatushtayam (evil quartet), targeting the principal opposition Telugu Desam Party, Jana Sena and three Telugu media houses, which the YSRC branded as ‘yellow media'.

However, the ruling party has not listed any political resolution in its agenda.

"Where is the need for it? We are on our own and we have nothing with others," a minister observed, in an informal chat with reporters Amaravati on Thursday.

YSRC general secretary V V Sai Reddy said they would discuss in detail all the schemes being implemented for the last three years.

"The plenary will give a direction on what better needs to be done in the next couple of years," he added.

The plenary is being held coinciding with the birth anniversary of late Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy on July 8.

After paying floral tributes to his father, Jagan will deliver the inaugural speech at the plenary.

The plenary will conclude on Saturday evening with his closing remarks.

The YSRC expects 1.5 lakh leaders and delegates to attend the first day's session and four lakh on the second day.

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