YSR Congress

YSR Congress Party వై యస్ ఆర్ కాంగ్రెస్ పార్టీ
President	Y. S. Vijaya Lakshmi
Chairperson	Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy YS Vijayamma
Lok Sabha leader	Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy
Founded	12 March 2011; 6 years ago (2011-03-12)
Headquarters	Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh India
Student wing	YSR Congress Student Wing
Youth wing	YSR Congress Youth Wing
Women's wing	YSR Congress Mahila Wing
Labour wing	YSR Congress Trade Union
Colours	Blue, White and Green
ECI Status	Recognized Party
Seats in Lok Sabha	9 / 545
Seats in Rajya Sabha	1 / 245
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Website
http://www.ysrcongress.com/en/
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YSR Congress Party (Telugu: వై యస్ ఆర్ కాంగ్రెస్ పార్టీ) or Yuvajana, Shramika, Rythu Congress Party (lit. Youth, Labour and Farmer Congress Party) is a regional political party in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in India. It was founded by Siva Kumar in 2009 and taken over by Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy, the son of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy (popularly known as YSR) in 2011. Both YSR and Jaganmohan Reddy (called Jagan by his followers) had been members of the Indian National Congress. Jagan was also elected as the national president of the party.

After the death of the then-incumbent Chief Minister Y. S. Rajashekhara Reddy in a helicopter crash in September 2009, his son Jaganmohan Reddy, the incumbent MP from Kadapa, started an 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, Jagan went ahead with the first leg of the "Odarpu Yatra" in the West Godavari and Khammam districts from in April 2010.

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