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The Hindu
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G.V.R. Subba Rao

We will welcome Sharmila if she joins Congress, says APCC president Gidugu Rudra Raju

Amid the speculations that YSR Telangana Party president Y.S. Sharmila, sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, might be appointed president of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC), incumbent president Gidugu Rudra Raju said that they would welcome her if “she joins the party and strive to strengthen the party organisationally”.

Mr. Rudra Raju told the media here on December 26 (Tuesday) that he had no information about Ms. Sharmila either joining the Congress or being appointed as the APCC president.

“As loyal and committed Congress workers, we (APCC) will abide by the decision taken by the party leadership. Ms. Sharmila, daughter of former Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, is close to us as a political family. None will object if she joins the party. There is no room for personal views in the party,” said Mr. Rudra Raju.

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