Y. S. Vijayamma

Yeduguri Sandinti Vijayalakshmi
Y. S. Vijayamma
Personal details
Born 19 April 1956
Kadapa, Andhra State, India
(now in Andhra Pradesh, India)
Political party YSR Congress
Spouse(s) Y. S. Rajashekhara Reddy
Children Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy (son) and Y. S. Sharmila (daughter)
Residence Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Y. S. Vijayalakshmi ( born 10 April 1956 ) known as Y.S. Vijayamma is a home maker-turned Indian politician. She is a member of the YSR Congress Party. She is the widow of Indian politician Y. S. Rajashekhara Reddy, popularly known as YSR, the late Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.

Having served as a former MLA, she is the Honorary President of the YSR Congress Party which has 66 MLAs in the Andhra Pradesh assembly and 3 MLAs in Telangana assembly.

Early life

She was born to P.Ramanjula reddy and P.Tulasamma in the village of Chimalavagula Palli, Tadipatri Taluk. She married Reddy while he pursued his medical career. The couple had two children, Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy and Y. S. Sharmila.

Career

She lost the LS election to Visakhapatnam seat in 2014 due to the Narendra Modi wave and the BJP-TDP alliance. She was first elected to the AP assembly as an unopposed Congress candidate in the by-election held to Pulivendula constituency in December 2009 to fill the vacancy caused by her husband's death.[1]

The humiliation meted out to the YSR family by the Congress high command provoked the family member Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy, against Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy to threaten him politically. Vijayamma quit the Congress party and assembly membership along with her son who also quit both the party and his MP seat on 29 Nov 2010.[2]

Vijayamma and her son Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy were again elected to the assembly and Lok Sabha respectively in the by-elections held on 8 May 2011. Both of them fought the by-elections on behalf of the fledgling YSR Congress Party founded by her son on 12 March 2011.[3]

In the by-polls to the Kadapa Lok Sabha and Pulivendula assembly seats, Jagan Mohan Reddy and Vijayamma retained the seats respectively, but as YSRCP candidates with record majorities. Jagan Mohan Reddy won the Kadapa seat with an all-time record majority of 543,053 votes, while Vijayamma won the Pulivendula seat with a record margin of 85,191 votes.[4]

Later, by undertaking the poll campaign along with her daughter Smt. Y.S. Sharmila Reddy, Vijayamma guided the YSR Congress Party to an unprecedented victory in the June 2012 by-polls in which their party won 15 of the 18 assembly seats [5] for which the polls were held in the absence of her son Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy.

Political agitation

Vijayamma went on repeated hunger strikes, protesting various policies such as a power tariff hike[6] and the Government's reluctance to release funds towards fee reimbursement of college students.[7] She participated in agitations on several occasions fighting on behalf of farmers and women and seeking justice on many an issue including Samaikyandha agitation with an indefinite fast demanding the Government of India to keep Andhra Pradesh united.[8]

References

  1. ↑ YSR widow elected unopposed
  2. ↑ Jaganmohan Reddy resigns from Congress
  3. ↑ Jagan formally launches YSR Congress
  4. ↑ Record-breaking win for Jagan in Kadapa election
  5. ↑ Andhra Pradesh by-election, 2012
  6. ↑ "Vijayamma leads state wide protests". www.ysrcongress.com. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
  7. ↑ "Vijayamma calls off 2-day Fees Deeksha". www.ysrcongress.com. Retrieved 2017-11-22.
  8. ↑ Vijayamma participates in Jantar Mantar dharna
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