Y.S. Sharmila, daughter of former Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, on January 2 (Tuesday) said she accepted the Congress party’s invitation to join it as “it is the largest secular party in the country.”
Addressing the media here on her way to Idupulapaya in Kadapa district, Ms. Sharmila said that she had helped the Congress party by opting out of the race in the Telangana elections. “Recognising the value of my sacrifice, the party has invited me to work with it, for which I expressed my willingness,” Ms. Sharmila added.
“The decision to work with the Congress party had been taken in the past,” she said, adding that her YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) played an important role in dislodging the BRS government in Telangana.
