YS Jaganmohan Reddy

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Jaganmohan Reddy (2019)

YS Jaganmohan Reddy ( Telugu వై.ఎస్. జగన్మోహన్ రెడ్డి ; born December 21, 1972 in Pulivendula , Andhra Pradesh ) is an Indian politician and party leader of the YSR Congress Party, which he founded . He has been Chief Minister of the State of Andhra Pradesh since May 30, 2019 . His father, YS Rajasekhara Reddy (popularly abbreviated "YSR") was Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh from 2004 to 2009.

biography

YS Jaganmohan Reddy was born in what was then Kadapa District (now YSR District ) as the son of politician YS Rajasekhara Reddy and his wife Vijaylakshmi. The family comes from the numerically strong Reddy caste in Andhra Pradesh , who are counted among the "advanced" (ie socio-economically developed) castes ( forward castes ). His father was a doctor by profession, but later turned to politics and was one of the leading politicians of the Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh. The son attended school in Hyderabad and then Nizam College , where he earned a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) And a Master of Business (MBS). He then worked as a businessman. On October 23, 1998, he founded the energy company Sandur Power Company in the neighboring state of Karnataka in Bangalore .

After his father was elected chief minister of Andhra Pradesh in 2004, Jaganmohan Reddy also entered politics. His company Sandur Power Company acquired minority shares in the Telugu television station Indira Television in 2009, possibly also to support his political ambitions .

In the all-India parliamentary election in 2009, Reddy was elected to the Lok Sabha in constituency 27-Kadapa for the Congress Party.

Leadership crisis of the Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh after 2009

Condolence visit of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in Andhra Pradesh on September 4th, 2009. Right Jaganmohan Reddy

On September 2, 2009, Jaganmohan's father, the incumbent Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, was killed in a helicopter crash in the Eastern Ghats . The event caused considerable tremors in Andhra Pradesh. According to media reports, more than 100 people died in the whole of Andhra Pradesh as a result of a "shock" or took their own life out of sympathy for the disaster. However, these figures were questioned or relativized by media critical of the government. The question arose about the future leadership of the Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh and the question of the successor to the office of Chief Minister. According to unofficial reports, the majority of Congress Party MPs voted for YSR's son Jaganmohan as the new Chief Minister. However, the Congress Party leadership in Delhi under Sonia Gandhi decided on the 79-year-old K. Rosaiah as the new Chief Minister. The final succession plan should be made after the end of the mourning period. Jaganmohan Reddy initially behaved loyally and announced that he would accept any decision by the party leadership in Delhi. On September 29, 2009, the party leadership finally decided in favor of K. Rosaiah as the new Chief Minister. Jaganmohan announced his intention to undertake a funeral journey ( Odarpu Yatra ) through Andhra Pradesh to comfort the relatives of those who died after his father's death. In a certain way, he was following the example of his father, who in 2002 and 2003 did 2200 and 1600 kilometers of Yatras through the state for political purposes, respectively. According to political commentators, these Yatras had contributed significantly to the YSR's rise in popularity and its subsequent election as Chief Minister. The Congress Party leadership in Delhi spoke out against the Yatra. After lengthy, unsuccessful negotiations, Jaganmohan began his yatra, contrary to the party leadership's declared wish. The party leadership instructed the congressional party supporters not to participate in the yatra and threatened disciplinary action, which was only partially successful.

On November 19, 2010, Jaganmohan's Sakshi TV channel aired a program which was extremely critical of the Congress-Party-led government in Delhi. The program asked rhetorical questions such as "Sonia will rule on the corruption allegations that plague the UPA government" and whether Congress will "choke on corruption". The following week, Chief Minister K. Rosaiah announced his resignation from the post of Chief Minister because he could no longer bring the troubled party under control. The Congress Party leadership named N. Kiran Kumar Reddy as his successor. Thereupon Jaganmohan Reddy, who had been bypassed in the succession plan for a second time, in an open letter to Sonia Gandhi on November 29, 2010 announced his resignation from the Congress party and announced a week later in his hometown Pulivendula the founding of a new party. On November 29, 2010 he also gave up his parliamentary mandate in the Lok Sabha.

Foundation of the YSR Congress Party

Since the desired name 'YSR Congress Party' (YSRCP) had already been taken for the new party - in July 2010 K. Shiva Kumar from Nalgonda had a party with this name registered - Jaganmohan probably already took it over in exchange for financial compensation from K. Shiva Kumar existing party and was recognized on February 16, 2011 by the Indian Election Commission as its party president. "YSR" was supposed to commemorate the deceased Chief Minister, but officially stood for Yuvajana, Shramika, Rythu ( Telugu యువజన శ్రామిక రైతు , "Youth, Workers and Peasants"). On June 13, 2011, Jaganmohan Reddy was re - elected to Lok Sabha for the YSRCP in a by-election in the 27-Kadapa constituency after the resigned mandate holder there.

Corruption charges and imprisonment

Jaganmogan Reddy (2011)

In the run-up to the by-election in constituency 27-Kadapa , Jaganmohan Reddy had to disclose his financial circumstances as a candidate and declared a fortune of 365 crore rupees (about 47 million euros ). This great fortune caused astonishment and identified him as one of the richest politicians in India. In 2004, he reported income tax assets of 9.18 lakh rupees (about 13,000 EUR), when he was elected in 2009, at the end of his father's first term in office, he declared 77 crore INR (about 11 million EUR), which had risen to the aforementioned amount by 2011. Reddy’s financial statements showed a variety of corporate holdings in construction, energy and technology companies.

The Minister for Public Enterprises, Small Businesses and Textile Industry in the Acting Cabinet of Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, P. Shankar Rao (Congress Party) filed a petition with the High Court of Andhra Pradesh that the origin of the property was through the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Indian federal police agency, should be investigated more closely. At the same time, the High Court received three relevant petitions from members of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in the Andhra Pradesh parliament . The allegations raised were of unlawful enrichment of Jaganmohan during his father's tenure. The higher court complied with the submissions and on August 10, 2011 ordered an in-depth investigation into Jaganmohan Reddy's financial situation by the CBI.

The subsequent investigation by the CBI assumed extensive proportions. On May 17, 2011, proceedings against Reddy and 74 other people were opened under Articles 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 420 (fraud), 409 (criminal breach of trust) and 477A (falsification of accounts) of the Indian Penal Code . Specifically, Reddy was accused of having accepted bribes in return for the award of public contracts or other concessions (building land, etc.) during his father's tenure, which were then partly abroad (Mauritius, Dubai, Luxembourg, etc.) via a network of bogus companies. or sham transactions were washed . In this context, serious allegations were made against the late Chief Minister YSR, who had formed a criminal duo with the son. On May 27, 2012, Jaganmohan Reddy was arrested by CBI officers. An application for bail was denied by the Andhra Pradesh High Court on December 24, 2012 . He was released on bail on September 24, 2013 after 18 months in prison. Jaganmohan Reddy denied all allegations and he and his supporters spoke of a campaign by his political opponents. The allegations were only made after Reddy left the Congress party.

Developments since 2013

His unclear sudden wealth and temporary imprisonment did not lastingly damage Reddy's popularity among the people of Andhra Pradesh. In the all-India parliamentary election 2014 and the parallel election of the parliament of Andhra Pradesh on April 30 and May 7, 2014, his YSRCP won nine of the 25 constituencies in the still undivided state (eight in Andhra, one in Telangana ), as well as at 27 .9% of the vote 70 of the 294 constituencies of the state parliament (67 in Andhra, 3 in Telangana). In response to the corruption proceedings pending against him, Jaganmohan Reddy published a 200-page book in July 2017 about the incumbent Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu (TDP), in which alleged scandals of the TDP government are listed and Naidu is referred to as the "Emperor of Corruption" has been.

After his release from prison, Reddy resumed his Yatra project. This stretched over 341 days, began in Idupulapaya in the Kadapa district on November 6, 2017 and ended in Ichchapuram in the Srikakulam district on January 9, 2019. He covered 3648 kilometers.

On March 25, 2019, in the run-up to the upcoming parliamentary election in India and the parallel election to the parliament of Andhra Pradesh, the leadership of the rival Telugu Desam Party filed a complaint with the Indian Electoral Commission that Reddy had illegally used his media power for an unfair way Reporting would set in. In the April 11, 2019 election, the YSRCP won nearly 50 percent of the vote and 151 of the 175 constituency seats (86%) in the Andhra Pradesh parliament. She also won 22 of the 25 Lok Sabha constituencies.

On May 30, 2019, Reddy was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.

Private

Reddy has been married to Bharathi Reddy since 1996 and has two daughters with her. Reddy comes from a Christian family and thus belongs to a small religious minority in Andhra Pradesh. There are contradicting statements about his denomination in the media (Catholic or Protestant). At times, videos and reports were circulating on the Internet that claimed or were intended to prove his conversion to Hinduism. However, these were exposed as false reports. His political opponents repeatedly tried to exploit his religious affiliation for political purposes, for example by accusing him of disregarding Hindu customs. From the Hindu nationalist camp, the conversion of Hindus was repeatedly accused him systematically to operate to Christianity. In addition, it was suggested that as a Christian he could not be a real member of the Reddy caste.

Web links

Commons : YS Jaganmohan Reddy  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

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