YSR Congress Party

Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party
AbbreviationYSRCP or YCP
PresidentY. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
General SecretaryV. Vijayasai Reddy
Parliamentary ChairpersonY. V. Subba Reddy
Lok Sabha LeaderP. V. Midhun Reddy
Rajya Sabha LeaderV. Vijayasai Reddy
FounderY. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
Founded12 March 2011 (13 years ago) (2011-03-12)
Split fromIndian National Congress
HeadquartersPlot no. 13, Suryadevara Township, Tadepalle, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Student wingYSR Students Union
Youth wingByreddy Siddharth Reddy [1]
Women's wingVarudhu Kalyani
Labour wingP. Gowtham Reddy
Peasant's wingM. V. S. Nagi Reddy
IdeologyRegionalism[2]
Federalism
Social liberalism
Third Way[3]
Populism[3]
Social equality[4]
Secularism[5]
Political positionCentre[4] to centre-left[6]
Colours  Blue (mostly)
  White
  Green
ECI StatusState party
Seats in Lok Sabha
4 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha
8 / 245
Seats in Andhra Pradesh
Number of states and union territories in government
0 / 31
Election symbol
Ceiling Fan
Party flag
Website
ysrcongress.com

The Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (lit. 'Youth, Labour, and Farmer Congress Party', YSRCP or YCP),[7] often shortened to simply the YSR Congress Party, is an Indian regional political party based in the state of Andhra Pradesh.[8] The party was initially registered with Election Commission of India by Kolishetti Shiva Kumar. Thereafter, the party was taken over by its current president, Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy,[9][10][11] having served as the state's chief minister from 2019-2024. It currently has 4 seats in the Lok Sabha.

  1. ^ "Andhra Pradesh: Byreddy Siddharth Reddy named YSRCP youth wing chief". Times of India. 29 June 2022.
  2. ^ "About us". YSRC Party. 1 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b Price, Pamela; Srinivas, Dusi (August 2014). Piliavsky, Anastasia (ed.). "Patronage and autonomy in India's deepening democracy". Cambridge University Press: 217–236. doi:10.1017/CBO9781107296930.011. ISBN 978-1-107-29693-0.
  4. ^ a b "Ongole: Jagan implementing Ambedkar's ideology". 13 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Jagan 'appreciates' Modi, but committed to secularism". 30 September 2013.
  6. ^ "This is how Jagan Reddy has turned into a political juggernaut in Andhra". 25 September 2021.
  7. ^ "About the Party". YSR Congress Party. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Why YSR Congress?". 2011. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  9. ^ "'YSR Congress' is now Jagan's party - The Times of India". The Times Of India. Archived from the original on 18 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Jaganmohan Reddy split from congress, for own party". The Economic Times. 29 November 2010. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  11. ^ "Jaganmohan Reddy walks out of jail after 16 months". IndiaToday. 24 September 2013. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2020.