| Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy వై.ఎస్.జగన్మోహన రెడ్డి |
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| Member of Parliament | |
| In office 13 May 2011 - present [1] |
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| Preceded by | Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy |
| Constituency | Kadapa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 December 1972 Pulivendula village of Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh |
| Spouse(s) | Y S Bharati |
| Children | 2 Daughters. |
| Residence | Hyderabad/Bangalore |
Yeduguri Sandinti Jaganmohan Reddy (Telugu: యెడుగూరి సందింటి జగన్మోహన రెడ్డి)(December 21, 1972 - ),[2] also called Jagan by his admirers,is an Indian politician and is a member of the Parliament of India from Kadapa constituency.[3] He is the son of the former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ("YSR").
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Jaganmohan Reddy was born December 21, 1972 in Pulivendula village of Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh. He received his early education from Pulivendula and Hyderabad Public School. He founded the daily Telugu language newspaper sakshi and the television channel Sakshi TV.[4] He is the chief promoter of Bharathi Cements.[5]
Reddy is a Christian, born to a Christian family (Protestant).[6]
He started his political career by campaigning for Congress party in 2004 elections in Kadapa District, and in the 2009 elections he was elected as member of Parliament from Kadapa constituency as a member of the Indian National Congress.
However, his political career took a new innings with the demise of his father, Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ("YSR"). His relationship with the Indian National Congress (INC) continuously deteriorated after his father's death[7]
Six months after his father's death, he began an odarpu yatra (condolence tour) as promised earlier to go and meet the families of those alleged to have either committed suicide or suffered ill health on the news of his father's death. The Congress party's central leadership directed him to call off his odarpu yatra, and order which he defied leading to a fallout between the high command and himself. He went ahead with the yatra, stating that it was a personal matter.[8]
On November 29, 2010, he resigned, after a fallout with the Congress party high command.[9] He announced on 7 December 2010 from Pulivendula that he would be starting a new party within 45 days. In February, 2011, he took over a party which had existed on paper only since the prior July, and was officially recognized on February 16 as president of the YSR Congress Party.[10]
It has repeatedly been alleged that while his father was Chief Minister, he amassed wealth by such tactics as pressuring companies to "invest" in his businesses in return for various favours from his father's government.[11][12] On August 10, 2011, the Andhra Pradesh High Court ordered a thorough investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation into these allegations, in the wake of two preliminary reports submitted by the CBI on petitions filed by senior state Congress minister P. Shankar Rao and Telugu Desam Party leader Yerran Naidu, and affidavits filed by certain investors.[13] The CBI officials launched country-wide searches on his offices and residences on 18 August 2011, following the High Court Order.[14]
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