YSR Congress Party

The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP, often called the YCP) an initialism for Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party which literally means Youth, Labour and Farmers Congress Party, is an Indian regional political party in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.[3] It was founded by Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy, the son of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy.[4] Once members of the Indian National Congress, they split from that party in 2011.[5] He was also elected as national party president by his members.[6]

YSR Congress Party
AbbreviationYSRCP
PresidentY. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
ChairpersonY. S. Vijaya Lakshmi
SecretaryV. Vijayasai Reddy
Parliamentary ChairpersonV. Vijayasai Reddy
Lok Sabha leaderP. V. Midhun Reddy
Rajya Sabha leaderV. Vijayasai Reddy
FounderY. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
Founded12 March 2011 (2011-03-12)
Split fromIndian National Congress
HeadquartersPlot no. 13, Suryadevara Township, Tadepalle, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh[1]
NewspaperSakshi, Prajanetha
Colours  Blue (Official)
  White
  Green
ECI StatusState party[2]
Seats in Lok Sabha
22 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha
6 / 245
Seats in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
151 / 175
Seats in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
13 / 58
Number of states and union territories in government
1 / 31
Election symbol
Website
www.ysrcongress.com/en/

Background

After the sudden death of the then-incumbent Chief Minister Y. S. Rajashekhara Reddy in a helicopter crash in September 2009,[7] his son Jaganmohan Reddy, the incumbent MP from Kadapa, started an Odarpu Yatra (condolence tour) across Andhra Pradesh, to console the families of those who had committed suicide or died of shock after the death of his father. This tour was not supported by the Congress leadership.[8] Congress President Defying the Congress High Command's order to call off the tour, Jagan went ahead with the first leg of the "Odarpu Yatra" in the West Godavari and Khammam districts from in April 2010.[9]

Meanwhile, 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 Jagan and the Congress loyalists.[10] The channel later deleted those remarks in a re-telecast.

Politics

After accusing the Congress of ill-treating him and creating rifts in his family by luring his uncle YS Vivekananda Reddy (younger brother of YSR) with a state ministerial berth in the aftermath of the death of his father, Jagan and his mother Y. S. Vijayamma resigned from the Kadapa Lok Sabha and Pulivendula Assembly constituencies respectively and also as members of the Congress in November 2010.[11] [4][12] Many Congress leaders loyal to Jagan also quit the Congress and joined the YSR Congress. This resulted in the weakening of the Congress's strength in both the assembly and the Lok Sabha, necessitating by-elections. In the ensuing by-elections, the party won most of the vacated seats with record-breaking majorities, with many of the Congress and the Telugu Desam Party (the main opposition) candidates losing their deposits.[13] The party has a strength of 151 members in the 175-member state assembly and 22 members in the Lok Sabha (out of 25 in AP) as the election results declared on 23 May 2019, simultaneously.[14]

Membership

In March 2012, YSR Congress won the Kovur assembly seat in Nellore district in a by-election.

On 15 June 2012, YSR Congress won the Nellore Lok Sabha seat and 15 of 18 assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh. YSR Congress leaders P. Subhash Chandra Bose from Ramachandrapuram constituency of East Godavari district and Konda Surekha from Parakala constituency of Warangal district, both ministers in the YSR cabinet, had switched to YSR Congress party but lost their races.[15]

It lost the 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. It went for 2019 general elections by appointing Prashant Kishor, a renowned political strategist in Indian elections[16] and emerged as the 5th largest political party in India.

YSR Congress did not contest in Telangana Assembly election 2018.[17]

YSR Congress swept the 2019 Andhra pradesh assembly elections and 2019 General elections by winning 151 out of 175 seats in the assembly and 22 out of the 25 parliamentary seats. There by Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy became the second chief minister(post bifurcation) of Andhra pradesh.

Chief Ministers

Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh
No Name Term of office
1. Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy 30 May 2019 Incumbent

Deputy Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh
No Name Term of office
1. Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose 8 June 2019 Incumbent
2. A. Kali Krishna Srinivas 8 June 2019 Incumbent
3. Pushpasreevani Pamula 8 June 2019 Incumbent
4. K. Narayana Swamy 8 June 2019 Incumbent
5. Amzath Basha Shaik Bepari 8 June 2019 Incumbent

Electoral Performance

Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh Assembly
Year Election Seats Won Seats Contested Vote (%) Change of Seats Result
2012 Bypoll,2012 15 18
2014 Assembly election, 2014 67 175 42.10 55 Opposition
2019 Assembly election, 2019 151 175 49.9[18] 84 Government
Telangana Assembly
Year Election Seats Won Seats Contested
2014 Assembly election, 2014 03 92

Lok Sabha Election
Year Election Seats Won Seats Contested Change of Seats
2012 Indian general election Bypoll, 2012 02 02
2014 2014 Indian general election 09 25 07
2019 Indian general election, 2019 22 25 13

See also

References
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  2. "List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18.01.2013" (PDF). India: Election Commission of India. 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
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  9. http://zeenews.india.com/election09/story.aspx?aid=640242
  10. With TV attack on Sonia & PM, Jagan signals it’s time to go. Indian Express (2010-11-21). Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
  11. "Jagan quits Congress, to float 'YSR Congress'". Zee News. 30 November 2010.
  12. Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : Jagan is national president of YSR Congress Party. The Hindu (2011-02-22). Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
  13. "News /National: Jagan quits Congress, Kadapa Lok Sabha seat". The Hindu (2010-11-29). Retrieved on 2011-10-20.
  14. P, Ashish; DelhiJune 6, ey New; June 6, 2018UPDATED; Ist, 2018 15:55. "Sumitra Mahajan accepts resignation of 5 YSRCP MPs". India Today.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. "Jagan's YSR Congress wins Nellore Lok Sabha, 15 assembly seats". The Times Of India. 15 June 2012.
  16. NTV Telugu (9 July 2017), YS Jagan Introduces Political Strategist Prashant Kishor @ YSRCP Plenary Meeting 2017 || NTV, retrieved 25 November 2018
  17. https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/ysrcp-not-contest-telangana-elections-pawan-kalyan-still-undecided-91384
  18. "Assembly Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
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