Last Update: July 09, 2022 at 12:16 pm IST
Upon amending its constitution, the YSRC would have to seek the permission of the Election Commission of India to allow Jagan to be the party chief for life. (Image: News18 File)
Jagan founded the YSRC in 2011 after leaving the Congress and has continued as the party president since then.
YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will be re-elected, possibly for life, this time as the president of Yuvajan Shramik Rythu Congress (YSRC) on Saturday. The election will take place this afternoon on the concluding day of the two-day plenary session of the YSRC, when the party’s constitution will be amended to elect Jagan as the president for life.
Jagan founded the YSRC in March 2011 after leaving the Congress. Since then, he has been serving as the party president with his mother Vijayamma as the honorary president. Jagan was last elected president of the YSRC in 2017 in a party plenary.
Vijayamma on Friday resigned as the honorary president, reportedly due to an ongoing rift in the family, but said she was leaving the YSRC to stand beside her daughter Sharmila, who is now the YSR Telangana Party in the neighboring state. are leading. On amending its constitution, the YSRC will have to demand Election The approval of the Commission of India to keep Jagan as the party chief for life.
The YSRC is citing some instances in which some regional parties in other states secured ECI approval to have a president for life without the need to hold elections every two years. Following his election as party president, Jagan is expected to form a new committee for the YSRC, leading to general elections in 2024.
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