Kadapa (Andhra Pradesh): YSR Congress party leader and former Andhra Pradesh Minister Y.S. Vivekananda Reddy died of cardiac arrest on Friday, his family said. He was 68. Vivekananda, also a former Lok Sabha member, suffered cardiac arrest at his residence in Pulivendula town of Kadapa district. He was the younger[Read More…]
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Andhra Pradesh Congress leader to join YSR Congress
Hyderabad: A Congress leader from Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday announced her decision to join the YSR Congress party. Killi Kruparani, also a former Union Minister, called on YSR Congress chief Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy at the latter’s Lotus Pond residence here and conveyed her decision to join the party formally at[Read More…]
Cowardly acts will not dissuade me: Jagan Reddy
Hyderabad: YSR Congress Party President Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, who was injured in a knife attack by a youth at Visakhapatnam airport on Thursday, said such cowardly acts will not dissuade him from working for the people. The Leader of Opposition, who sustained an injury on his left shoulder, tweeted that[Read More…]
RS Deputy Chairman election: YSR Congress to vote against NDA candidate
Hyderabad: The YSR Congress party on Tuesday decided to vote against the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate in the upcoming Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman’s election. Party leader and Rajya Sabha member V. Vijaysai Reddy announced that the party will vote against Janta Dal-United (JD-U) MP Harivansh Narayan Singh, who is[Read More…]
YSR Congress MPs decline to reconsider resignations
New Delhi/Vijayawada: Five Lok Sabha MPs of the YSR Congress on Wednesday met Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to convey that they stand by their resignations and urged her to accept the same immediately. The MPs had submitted their resignations on April 6 — the last day of Budget session — to[Read More…]
Five YSR Congress MPs to resign, sit on hunger strike
New Delhi: All the five Lok Sabha Members of YSR Congress on Thursday announced they will resign from Parliament and sit on an indefinite hunger strike at Andhra Bhawan here over their demand for special category status to Andhra Pradesh. The party also said that on one pretext or the another,[Read More…]
Lok Sabha passes Union Budget
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Union Budget without any debate amid din, leading to a walkout by members of the Congress and Trinamool, while the TDP, YSR Congress, AIADMK and SP protested near the Speaker’s podium. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley moved the Finance Bill 2018, as[Read More…]
YSR Congress MPs to resign if special status not given to AP
New Delhi: The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) on Monday said their members of Parliament (MPs) would resign from the Lok Sabha on April 6 if Andhra Pradesh is not accorded special status by April 5. “If special category status is not given to Andhra Pradesh by April 5, YSRCP MPs will[Read More…]