The Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) in Andhra Pradesh recently elected a muslim vegetable vendor as the Chairperson of Rayachoty Municipality.
New Chairperson Thanks Andhra Pradesh CM
The elections for the municipal corporations for mayors and municipalities chairpersons posts in the Kadapa District. The newly elected chairperson is Sheik Basha, a vegetable vendor. After the win, he thanked the Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy for giving him the chance to become the chairperson.
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Even though Basha was a vegetable vendor, he is a graduate. But he was forced to sell vegetables for a living because of unemployment. He said that he had lost all direction in life until YSRCP gave him the chance to contest elections with a councillor’s ticket.
Basha further said and appreciated the Chief Minister for allocation of maximum number of posts to people from the backward communities. As this would encourage them to come forward.
YSRCP Won Remarkable Election In Local Bodies Polls
This move comes after Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) won a huge victory in the urban local bodies polls. They had 84 seats out of the 86 bodies. At the same time, seventy eight percent of the elected mayors and chairperson are from the Dalit communities and other backward communities. Meanwhile, sixty percent of the elected lot is filled with female members.
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The SCs, STs and the OBCs also managed to win 67 out of the 86 posts available and women were able to get 52 of them.
The YSRCP leaders said that the party is strictly committed to ensuring the well-being of the minorities in the state.
Why Did YSRCP Win With Huge Numbers?
YSRCP’s landslide win surprised a lot of competitors who were contesting in the same elections. Even though the elections to the gram panchayats and other local bodies were conducted on the non-party basis, many believe that Jagan’s image was instilled in the voter’s minds.
Party spokesperson Ambati Rambaby said that the results have set a benchmark for YSRCP governance under the CM and will ensure effective welfare schemes being implemented. It has further instated Jagan Reddy’s popularity amongst the society especially after the saturation of schemes after his father YS Rajasekhara Reddy’s terms as CM in Andhra Pradesh. He died in helicopter crash in 2009.
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The General Secretary of YSRCP Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy said in a statement that CM never gave out the call for voters because he was confident that his welfare schemes would speak for themselves.
