Sharmila launches YSR Telangana Party

Former Chief Minister YS Rajashekhara Reddy’s daughter YS Sharmila launched YSR Telangana Party here on Thursday – the birth anniversary of the former Chief Minister.

“It is a happy occasion to launch the party on YSR’s birth anniversary. I will bring back ‘Rajanna Rajyam’ and fight for welfare and development of Telangana,” said YS Sharmila, who was accompanied by her mother YS Vijayamma and husband Anil Kumar during the launch of the party at a convention centre.

Before launching the party, YS Sharmila had paid tributes to the former Chief Minister at Idupulapaya in Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh. She arrived in Hyderabad in a flight and a rally was taken out to the venue. 

Unveiling the party’s flag, YS Sharmila said YSR Telangana Party’s key agendas would be – Welfare, self-prosperity and equality. “I will conduct a Padayatra in the State on the



100th day from today,” she announced.

She charged that Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao had failed in fulfilling the promises made to people. “People are still recollecting YS Rajashekhara Reddy’s governance,” said Sharmila.

Regarding the ongoing River Krishna disputes between the two Telugu States, she said both the Chief Ministers should sit together and address the issues even as the Central Government was watching the entire tussle as a mute spectator.“We will not lose a single drop of water belonging to Telangana and at the same time will not draw a drop of water pertaining to other States” said Sharmila adding justice should be rendered to both the States.

Lashing out at Congress party, she charged that leaders here did not have the moral right to claim YSR’s legacy. “We are the true heirs of YSR," said Sharmila.