YS Sharmila has been appointed as the President of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Party. Due to this, the election field has experienced innovation as YS vs YS. Will Sharmila win this and enter the list of powerful female leaders? What are the challenges before him? – Here’s a quick look.
YS Rajasekhara Reddy, who was the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, died in a plane crash in 2009. After his death, the Congress was expected to give importance to his family, especially his son Jagan Mohan Reddy, and make him the Chief Minister. But the Congress party made Rosaiah the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. Due to this, Jagan Mohan Reddy left the Congress in dissatisfaction.
Jagan Mohan’s ‘Odarbu Pada Yatrai’ increased his mileage in Andhra politics. Then he also criticized the activities of the Congress party. Then in 2011, ‘Y.S.R. He started a new party called ‘Congress’. Jagan Mohan was arrested by the CBI in an asset hoarding case within a year of the party’s launch. So, in his stead, his mother YS Vijayamma took care of the party, while his younger sister YS Sharmila jumped into politics and continued the foot pilgrimage that Jagan had to abandon midway, and was welcomed by the people.
After Jagan Mohan was released from jail, he contested the 2014 assembly elections. He was elected as an opposition party. After that, he won the assembly elections held in 2019 and took power. At this stage, due to differences between him and his family, YS Vijayamma and YS Sharmila joined YSR. broke away from the Congress. 2021 YSR Sharmila started a new party called Telangana.
Therefore, it was expected that he would contest the Telangana assembly elections in 2023. However, he expressed his support to the Congress party. In that, the Congress won and came to power. Mallikarjuna Kharge joined the Congress in the presence of Rahul Gandhi two weeks ago after merging the party he started with the Congress. Later he also met Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi.
There were reports that Sharmila was likely to be appointed as the Andhra Pradesh Congress president. In this case, he has been appointed as the president of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Party within two weeks of joining the party. In particular, the post was given to Sharmila the day after Rudra Raju, who was the Congress president, stepped down from the post of president. The Congress leadership has appointed Rudra Raju as a special member of the Congress Working Committee.
Regarding this, YS Sharmila said, “I am very happy that I have been appointed as the Andhra Pradesh Congress Party President. For this, I express my heartfelt gratitude to National President Mallikarjuna Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi,” he said.
With the appointment of YS Sharmila as the Andhra Pradesh Congress President, the election field has changed to YS vs YS. What are the challenges facing Sharmila?
This year, not only the Lok Sabha elections, but also the assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh. Thus, Sharmila’s appointment is seen as important. In particular, Sharmila is pitted against her brother. He should work for assembly and parliamentary elections at the same time. As the election is only 3 months away, not only the political leaders and political critics but also the people are keeping an eye on his election strategies and planning.
Similarly, YSR Sharmila has the honor of being the second person from the family to take over the leadership of Andhra Congress. This forced him to prove his mettle to protect his father’s name.
Congress won Andhra state after winning successive elections in 2004 and 2009 when YS Raja Shekhar Reddy was the president. After the Andhra-Telangana split in 2014, the Congress has not won a single seat in Andhra Pradesh. The expectation of the Congress leadership is whether Sharmila will wipe away this entire stigma.
There are only a handful of women leaders in Indian politics. Especially the women leaders who shined at the leadership of the party are rare. This is Sharmila’s biggest opportunity to establish herself as a powerful female personality in the Indian political arena. To do this in three months is a big challenge.
It remains to be seen whether Sharmila will give life to the Congress, which is just a mud horse in Andhra state, with new strategies, and whether Sharmila will defeat her brother, who shines as a powerful leader, and vow victory.