Meet unanimously chosen leader of YSRCP, Jagan Mohan Reddy

Amravati, May 25: After a historic win in elections, YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) fully supported and elected YS Jagan Mohan Reddy as their leader.

All 151 legislators attended the meeting held in Tadepalli in state’s capital Amaravati. Newly-elected legislators of the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday unanimously elected party president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy as their leader, paving the way for his swearing-in as the new chief minister of the state.

Senior leader Botsa Satyanarayana projected Jagan Reddy's name as the leader of YSRCP Legislature Party and it was backed by Dharmana Prasad Rao and other top leaders.

YSRCP captured the power on Thursday by winning 151 seats in the 175-member Assembly. It also won 22 out of the 25 Lok Sabha seats.

The meeting of newly-elected MLAs was followed by the meeting of the party's Lok Sabha members.

Jagan Reddy, along with some top leaders of the party, will later leave for Hyderabad, where they will meet Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan to submit the resolution of Jagan Reddy's election as the YSRCP Legislature Party leader. The Governor will then invite Jagan Reddy to form the government.

The young leader has already proclaimed that he will take oath as the chief minister on May 30 at Vijayawada.