As Sharmila launches Cong campaign in Andhra with state tour, Jagan takes first swipe at sister

Newly appointed Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Y S Sharmila on Tuesday started a whirlwind tour of the state, a precursor to the high-octane campaign the Congress is planning to launch ahead of the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.

Sharmila, who took aim at her brother and Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy immediately after taking over as APCC chief on Sunday and accused him of leading the state into a financial crisis, will be following in the footsteps of her late father and former Congress CM Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, known as YSR, and Jagan, who undertook ‘padyatras’ in the state before her.

On her nine-day tour, Sharmila will travel in a convoy and cover all 26 districts in the state starting from Ichchapuram in the Srikakulam district to Idupulapaya in YSR Kadapa district. She began the journey on Tuesday in a state transport bus from Palasa to Ichchapuram, where she joined her convoy. She is being accompanied by former Telangana Pradesh Committee chief Manikrao Thakare and former APCC presidents Gidugu Rudra Raju and Raghuveera Reddy.

పలాస నుంచి ఇచ్ఛాపురం వరకు APSRTC బస్సులో ప్రయాణికులతో మాట్లాడి వారి ప్రాంతంలో జరిగిన అభివృద్ధిపై చర్చించడం జరిగింది. రాష్ట్రంలో జరిగిన అభివృద్ధిపై వైవీ సుబ్బారెడ్డి గారి సవాల్‌ని స్వీకరిస్తున్నాను. మీరు చేసిన అభివృద్ధి చూపించండి… మీ అభివృద్ధి చూడటానికి నేను సిద్ధం… డేట్, టైం… pic.twitter.com/kBfStw2BC3

— YS Sharmila (@realyssharmila) <a href=«https://twitter.com/realyssharmila/status/1749699818849783989?ref_src=» https: class="" rel=«nofollow, noopener» target="_blank">January 23, 2024

Speaking for the first time after his sister was appointed the APCC president, Jagan used Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu’s shoulder to train his guns on her.