Adviser (Public Affairs) Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy has said that Chief Minister and president of YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has rejected the proposal to declare him as lifetime president.
Mr. Ramakrishna Reddy told reporters on Thursday that while partymen had put forward the proposal during the plenary, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy rejected it. Election of the party president should be held in tune with democratic norms, he added.
“There are two issues — one, a discussion on the complaint to the Election Commission of India over the issue and, two, the proposal to have Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy as lifetime president. The proposal to elect Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy as lifetime president was not there in the minutes of the plenary. Moreover, since the party president, who is the primary beneficiary, had rejected it, the proposal had died a natural death,” said Mr. Ramakrishna Reddy.