Ys Rajasekhara Reddy

TDP to protest against 'tainted ministers' in Andhra Pradesh, demand their removal

Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 15, 2013

Stepping up its campaign for removal of Andhra Pradesh ministers facing allegations of corruption and impropriety, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) today announced that it would stage protests over the issue.

Andhra minister's remark on Jagan Mohan Reddy sparks furore

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday April 13, 2013

An Andhra Pradesh minister's remark calling for hanging of jailed MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has sparked a furore with the latter's YSR Congress party Saturday staging protests against him across the state.

Jagan Mohan Reddy's sister to march 3000 km on foot

NDTV Correspondent | Thursday October 18, 2012

With Jagan Mohan Reddy in jail, his sister Sharmila will keep up the political momentum for the YSR Congress party. She will start on a 3000-kilometre padyatra today from her father YS Rajasekhara Reddy's final resting place at Idupulapaya in Kadapa ...

Congress stakes claim to YSR's political legacy

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday September 7, 2012

In a clear attempt by the Congress to claim YS Rajasekhara Reddy's political legacy, his diary was released in the national capital on Friday in the presence of senior party leaders.

Newly-elected lawmakers of Jagan Mohan's party pay tributes to YS Rajasekhara Reddy

Press Trust of India | Wednesday June 20, 2012

The newly-elected MLAs and MP of Yuvajana Sramika Rytu Congress Party (YSR Congress) paid tributes to late Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy at his samadhi on Wednesday.

Richest MP Jagan is now prisoner 6093

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday May 28, 2012

Jagan, as he is popularly known is the son of late Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy. He is allotted prisoner number 6,093 after he was sent to judicial custody for 14 days by a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in the disp...

YSR's brother resigns from Congress, will join Jagan's party

NDTV Correspondent | Wednesday May 23, 2012

YS Vivekananda Reddy, the brother of former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, has resigned from the Congress and is going to join YSR's son Jagan Mohan Reddy's party - the YSR Congress.

CBI files third chargesheet against Jagan in assets case

NDTV Correspondent | Monday May 7, 2012

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed its third chargesheet against YSR Congress party leader YS Jaganmohan Reddy in the disproportionate assets case today. The 88 page chargesheet was filed after examining 72 witnesses, accused Jagan R...

Jagan's assets case: Vijay Sai Reddy gets conditional bail

Press Trust of India | Friday April 13, 2012

A special CBI court today granted conditional bail to Jagati Publications Pvt Ltd (JPPL) vice-chairman V Vijay Sai Reddy, arrested by the CBI in connection with alleged disproportionate assets case of Kadapa MP YS Jaganmohan Reddy.

Telegu Desam Party seeks probe in land allotments

Press Trust of India | Monday April 9, 2012

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Friday petitioned the Andhra Pradesh government demanding that a comprehensive inquiry be ordered into the "irregular" land allotments made during the tenure of YS Rajasekhara Reddy.

Will runs flow again at high-scoring Vizag?

ESPNcricinfo staff | Friday December 2, 2011

As the tour moves to the YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam, the contest between the teams - which seemed rather predictable to begin with - has acquired a more exciting taste following a couple of manic finishes in the...

Graft during YSR rule was above norm in India: WikiLeaks

Press Trust of India | Thursday September 15, 2011

A leaked diplomatic cable dispatched by the US Consul General in Chennai in 2007 had nailed the then Congress government headed by YS Rajasekhara Reddy in Andhra Pradesh for "widespread corruption that was beyond the pale" even for India.

Jagan-Janardhana Reddy links exposed?

Uma Sudhir | Wednesday September 7, 2011

In June 2007, YS Rajasekhara Reddy, along with his son Jagan Mohan, was seen at the foundation-stone ceremony of Gali Janardhana Reddy's Brahmani Steels in Andhra Pradesh's Kadapa district. Even at that time there were allegations that YSR had given ...

Lawmakers loyal to Jagan to launch 'bus yatra'

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday August 23, 2011

Andhra legislators who resigned on Monday to protest the late Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy's inclusion by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a disproportionate assets case against his son Jagan Mohan Reddy, plan to launch a "bus yatr...

600 YSR statues, more to come in Andhra Pradesh

TS Sudhir | Thursday September 2, 2010

A year after his helicopter crashed in the Nallamalla hills of Andhra Pradesh, YS Rajasekhara Reddy is everywhere in Andhra Pradesh. Voters loyal to him appear fanatical as they line up to greet his son as he tours the state in a pointed reminder that he is the heir apparent to YSR's political legac...