YSRCP leaders to prioritise loyalists for upcoming local body election tickets
YSRCP leaders in Kadapa have decided to prioritize party loyalists over turncoats for upcoming local body election tickets. The party aims to ensure candidates are committed to the party's ideology and can effectively challenge the current NDA government.
Why it matters
It illustrates internal party strategy and the effort to maintain organizational discipline following a shift in political power.
The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leaders decided to allocate tickets for the upcoming local body election to hardcore loyalists rather than turncoats who had abandoned the party at its most critical time, at a meeting held in Kadapa on Monday (September 7, 2026).
The meeting was chaired by the party district president P. Ravindranath Reddy, who is also the maternal uncle of former Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy. The meeting was attended by MP Y.S. Avinash Reddy, former Deputy Chief Minister S.B. Amzad Basha, State spokesperson Rachamallu Sivaprasad Reddy, Badvel MLA Dr. Dasari Sudha, Rajampeta MLA Akepati Amarnatha Reddy, MLCs D.C. Govinda Reddy and Ramachandra Reddy, former Kadapa Mayors K. Suresh Babu and Paka Suresh among others.
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