Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy elected lifetime president of YSR Congress Party

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Category : State Published on: July 12 2022

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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has been elected the lifetime president of the ruling Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP).
Mr Jagan was last elected the YSRC president at the party plenary in 2017.
The decision was taken at the concluding day of the party’s two-day plenary session.
This was announced by the party's General Secretary V Vijayasai Reddy amidst rapturous applause from the huge gathering that filled the ground opposite to ANU.
Two important amendments to the party constitution were also adopted by the plenary.
The first was changing the name of the Party from Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party to YSR Congress Party which hereafter may also be referred to as YSRCP. The second was changing the tenure of the post of president to lifetime.