Hyderabad: YSRTP president YS Sharmila on Friday announced that her party has quit from contesting Assembly Elections in the state and expressed unconditional support to Congress. Earlier on October 12, YSRTP had announced that it would contest the Assembly elections. It was then speculated that her mother Vijayamma would also contest from the Secunderabad seat. […]
Updated On – 12:45 PM, Fri – 3 November 23
Hyderabad: YSRTP president YS Sharmila on Friday announced that her party has quit from contesting Assembly Elections in the state and expressed unconditional support to Congress.
Earlier on October 12, YSRTP had announced that it would contest the Assembly elections. It was then speculated that her mother Vijayamma would also contest from the Secunderabad seat. Sharmila had taken the decision after trying to negotiate a merger with the Congress. The party had also announced earlier that its president YS Sharmila would contest from Palair in Khammam.
While some Congress leaders were ready to welcome her, others like Telangana unit chief A Revanth Reddy said that she was welcome to join and work with the Andhra Pradesh unit instead. In spite of months of negotiations with senior All India Congress Committee (AICC) members, Sharmila however could not achieve a merger deal.
Sharmila had floated the YSRTP in 2021 after a fallout with her brother in Andhra Pradesh during and after the 2019 state Assembly and parliamentary elections.
