An
AISF activist in his sophomore years, Reddy later went on to become the
chairman of the SV Degree College. He was also the Kadapa district
secretary of the CPI. From 2005 to 2010, he was a corporator in Kadapa
and his wife Indira too has been a councilor. A post-graduate, Reddy had
joined the Congress in 2008 and had later chosen to remain with Y.S.
Jagan. He is now the state convener of the YSC Congress Party mandal
conveners’ executive committee.
An
aqua farmer from Jagannathapuram near Gudivada, MVS Nagireddy is a life
sciences post-graduate. As a farmer and aquaculturist, he had addressed
several national and international workshops and had bagged several
best farmer awards. A member of the ICAR and the National Farmers’
Selection Committee, Reddy was the vice-president of the AP
RythangaSamakhya, an organization that is in the forefront of the
farmers’ struggles, for eight continuous years. He is also in the
forefront of promoting education and is actively involved with the
governance of KT Reddy Women’s College, VKR and DNV College in Gudivada.
He is the convener of the YSR CP KisanVibhag.
Lived
in the US, where he was management consultant for credit card divisions
of several banks. In his capacity as the vice-president and the senior
consultant, he had travelled widely all across the Americas, Europe, the
Middle-East and the APAC regions. Though born and brought up in
Hyderabad and armed with an engineering degree from JNTU, Kukatpalli, he
shifted to the US, where he secured MS and MBA degrees. Passion to
serve the downtrodden has drawn him towards late YSR and Jagan. Actively
associated with several NGOs, he strongly believes that YS Jagan alone
could fill the void created by the sad demise of YSR and put the state
back on peace, growth and prosperity track. He wishes to make YSR
Congress strong with the support of NRIs.
Hailing
from Gollapudi in Vijayada rural mandal, Raghuram has been an active in
politics from his student days and was actively involved in United
Independents. Later, in 1993, he became the president of the District
Youth Congress. A staunch follower of YS Jagan, Raghuram had taken
active part in several movements as the Youth Congress President. Now,
he is the coordinator of the YSR CP’s programe committee and is playing a
key role in the organizing of the prestigious OdarpuYatra.
VangapanduUsha,
daughter of redoubtable balladeer Vangapandu Prasad, is a balladeer of
repute herself. Always in the forefront of the struggles of the masses,
Usha articulated through her songs the travails and tribulations of the
poor and the uncared for. Under the tutelage of the likes of Chalasani
Prasad and Gaddar, she honed her skills and went on to become an
underground activist of the People’s War Group, which she had later
left. As the vice-president of the cultural wing of the YSR Congress
party, she is active in propagating the ideals of the YSR CP through her
songs and dance.
Grandson
of former CM KasuBrahmananda Reddy, Vijay was active in the NSUI before
working as the general secretary and vice-president respectively of the
Andhra Pradesh Youth Congress. He played a pivotal role in the last
four elections to the assembly and Parliament in Narsaraopet in ensuring
Congress victory. He was active participant in the YSR’s famed
padayatra and the DandiYatra organized to commemorate Mahatma’s salt
satyagraha. He has been active in politics for the past 15 years.
Rahman
was the president of the minorities unit of the TRS from 2001 and 2007
and then its politburo member, general secretary and an MLC from 2004 to
2007. Later, he had joined the Congress Party in the presence of late
YS Rajasekhara Reddy. He is now YSR Congress Party central governing
council member, state minority cell in-charge, party coordinator and its
joint secretary. He is also the official spokesperson of the YSRCP.
Hailing
from a toddy-tappers’ family, GattuRamachandraRao was a political
activist from his student days. He later joined the CPM and was the
member of state unit of the party’s farm labourers’wing between 1996 and
2008. He was also the secretary of the RythuSangham. Gattuhad also
dabbled in journalism and had edited the “Handicrafts’ Magazine and the
“RythuVaani.” In 2009, he left the CPM and joined the Congress, wherein
he had served as the state general secretary of the
KisanKhetMazdoorSangh and the convener of the Telangana All-Party
RythuSanghams’ Joint Action Committee. Post- the demise of YSR, he left
the Congress and joined YS Jagan. Besides being an official spokesperson
of the YSR CP, he is the state convener of the YSR CP BC Cell.
Though
a US-based software professional, Challa was soon drawn to social
service activities, especially in his native village, where he had got
the veterinary hospital building constructed. The building was
inaugurated by Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy. His social service activities are
channelized through the As the YSR AashayaSaadhanaPorataSamiti, of which
he is the president. He is currently the state convener of the party’s
technical wing.
Hails
from Kapileswarapuram in East Godavari district; NirmalaKumari joined
politics in 2001 and was elected a ZPTC on Congress ticket. She has been
with the YSR Congress from its early stages. Her husband Rajaratnam, a
lawyer, too has joined the party since its inception. NirmalaKumari has
built a strong base in Alamuri, Mandapeta, Kapileswarapuram and
Malkipurammandals of East Godavari district.
