Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy

Some Lesser Known Facts About Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy

• His father was in the Indian National Congress (INC)  and was a two time Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. He died on 2 September 2009 in a helicopter crash. His father was loved and respected throughout Andhra Pradesh. When people heard about his death, some of his supporters committed suicide and many died of shock.

• Jaganmohan Reddy used to campaign for his father in Andhra Pradesh in 2004.

  

• In 2009, he became a member of the Congress party.

  

• He contested the 2009 Lok Sabha Elections from the Kadapa Constituency and won.

• In February 2010, six months after his father’s death, he began an Odarpu Yatra (condolence tour) for his father. He met his father’s supporters and the families of the people who killed themselves or died upon hearing the news of his death.

  

• The Congress leadership directed him to call off his condolence tour, but he stated that it was a personal matter and defied their orders.

• On 29 November 2010, he quit the Congress party after months of disagreements and arguments with the Congress leadership.

• In 2012, while he was in jail, he started a hunger strike opposing the formation of Telangana. After 125 hours of fasting, his sugar and blood pressure were down and he had to be admitted to the hospital.

  

• On 6 November 2017, he started a 3000 km long padayatra (foot march) named Praja Sankalpa Yatra. He started this foot march to visit all the 125 Assembly segments in all the 13 districts of Andhra Pradesh. The march took 430 days to complete and ended on 9 January 2019.

  

• On 23 May 2019, his party YSR Congress won the Assembly Elections of Andhra Pradesh. His longtime rival N. Chandrababu Naidu lost and had to resign from the Chief Minister’s post.