YSR Congress Party
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YSR Congress Party
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| Abbreviation | YSRCP |
| Leader | Y. S. Jaganmohan reddy |
| President | Y. S. Vijayamma |
| Chairperson | |
| Parliamentary Chairperson | Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy |
| Lok Sabha leader | Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy |
| Rajya Sabha leader | V. Vijaya Sai Reddy |
| Founder | Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy |
| Founded | 12 March 2011 |
| Headquarters | Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
| Student wing | Shaik Salam babu |
| Youth wing | Jakampudi Raja |
| Political position | President |
| Colours | Blue |
| ECI Status | State Party in Ap and TS |
| National convener | Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy |
| Seats in Lok Sabha |
9 / 545
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| Seats in Rajya Sabha |
1 / 245
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YSR Congress Party or Yuvajana, Shramika Rythu Congress Party (lit. Youth, Labour and Farmer Congress Party) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The party is founded by son of former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy in 2011. Both Y.S.R. and his son Y. S. Jagan had been members of the Indian National Congress. YS Jagan was also elected as the national president of the party.
After the unexpected death of YS Rajasekhara Reddy, then the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh in a helicopter crash in September 2009. his son YS Jagan, the incumbent MP from Kadapa, started a never-ending Odarpu Yatra (condolence tour) across Andhra Pradesh, supposedly to console the families of those who had committed suicide or died of shock after the death of his father. This was however not supported by the Congress leadership. Congress President Sonia Gandhi 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, YS Jagan went ahead with the first leg of the "Odarpu Yatra" in the West Godavari and Khammam districts from in April 2010.
Meanwhile, the YS Jagan -owned Sakshi TV news channel and Sakshi newspaper had been continuously criticizing the new Chief Minister Konijeti Rosaiah and the Congress leadership at New Delhi. In a special programme on Sakshi TV to mark the 125th anniversary celebrations of the Congress party, a voice-over made remarks on Sonia Gandhi and the Prime 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 YS Jagan and the Congress loyalists. The channel later deleted those remarks in a re-telecast.
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