Anointed lifetime YSRCP president, buoyant Jagan calls for clean sweep in 2024 Andhra polls

The plenary also saw the party's constitution being amended to change the name of the party from Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party to YSR Congress Party. The constitution was also amended to give the party president a lifetime tenure.

3 min readHyderabadUpdated: Jul 10, 2022 01:59 PM IST

Jagan Mohan Reddy ar the YSR Congress Party's two-day plenary. (Photo: Twitter @YSRCParty)

Andhra Pradesh Chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy sounded the bugle for the 2024 Assembly election on the final day of his YSR Congress Party’s two-day plenary, during which he was unanimously elected lifetime president of the party.

The plenary also saw the party’s constitution being amended to change the name of the party from Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party to YSR Congress Party. The constitution was also amended to give the party president a lifetime tenure.

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As many as 22 different sets of nominations were filed on behalf of Jagan for the post of party president, and no other leader was nominated.

After being declared lifetime party chief, Jagan sounded the battle cry for the 2024 state election by targeting opposition parties and urging voters to help the YSRCP make a clean sweep of Assembly seats.

In the concluding speech of the plenary, the chief minister called on his party cadre to be ready for “mission 175” — winning all 175 Assembly seats in the state. Asserting that such a victory would be possible, he pointed to the party’s resounding success in local body elections in Kuppam — the constituency of main opposition party TDP’s chief N Chandrababu Naidu. He urged party workers to take word of the welfare initiatives of the state government to every household.

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These welfare schemes, which he said benefits crores of people in the state, will be stopped by others if the YSRCP loses power, Jagan warned.

Taking aim at the Opposition Leader, Jagan said Naidu did not show empathy to the poor. “Unlike Chandrababu, who used weaker sections at the time of elections, YSRCP stood by them and strengthened them by empowering them socially, economically and politically by committing to social justice,” he said.

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On the achievements of his government, he claimed that 95 per cent of the promises his party made in its manifesto for the last election have been fulfilled. Expanding on this, he said governance had been taken to the village level to facilitate transparent, corruption-free implementation of welfare schemes and government initiatives.

The previous government could not keep its promises to the people and neglected education, health, agriculture and women’s welfare, he said, adding that his government had directly credited Rs 1.62 lakh crore to beneficiaries of various welfare schemes through Direct Benefit Transfer.

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Sreenivas Janyala

Sreenivas Janyala is a Deputy Associate Editor at The Indian Express, where he serves as one of the most authoritative voices on the socio-political and economic landscape of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. With a career spanning over two decades in mainstream journalism, he provides deep-dive analysis and frontline reporting on the intricate dynamics of South Indian governance. Expertise and Experience Regional Specialization: Based in Hyderabad, Sreenivas has spent more than 20 years documenting the evolution of the Telugu-speaking states. His reporting was foundational during the historic Telangana statehood movement and continues to track the post-bifurcation development of both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. Key Coverage Beats: His extensive portfolio covers a vast spectrum of critical issues: High-Stakes Politics: Comprehensive tracking of regional powerhouses (BRS, TDP, YSRCP, and Congress), electoral shifts, and the political careers of figures like K. Chandrashekar Rao, Chandrababu Naidu, and Jagan Mohan Reddy. Internal Security & Conflict: Authoritative reporting on Left-Wing Extremism (LWE), the decline of the Maoist movement in former hotbeds, and intelligence-led investigations into regional security modules. Governance & Infrastructure: Detailed analysis of massive irrigation projects (like Kaleshwaram and Polavaram), capital city developments (Amaravati), and the implementation of state welfare schemes. Crisis & Health Reporting: Led the publication's ground-level coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic in South India and major industrial incidents, such as the Vizag gas leak. Analytical Depth: Beyond daily news, Sreenivas is known for his "Explained" pieces that demystify complex regional disputes, such as river water sharing and judicial allocations between the sister states. ... Read More

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