YS Sharmila is an Indian politician and the sister of the 17th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, YS Jaganmohan Reddy. Her late father, YS Rajasekhara Reddy, served as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh from 2004 to 2009. Sharmila founded a new political party, YSR Telangana Party, in Telangana on July 8, 2021.
Wiki/Biography
Yeduguri Sandinti Sharmila Reddy was born on Monday, December 17, 1973 (now 50 years old; as of 2023) and her birthplace is Pulivendula, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh.
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 8″
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Black
Family and religion
Sharmila belongs to the Christian community.
Parents and siblings
Her father, YS Rajasekhara Reddy, was a businessman-turned-politician who served as the 14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh of the Indian National Congress (INC) from 2004 to 2009. In September 2009, he died in a helicopter crash.
Sharmila’s father, YS Rajasekhara Reddy
Her mother, YS Vijayamma, is also a politician and served as an MP from Pulivendula constituency in Andhra Pradesh. Sharmila’s brother, YS Jaganmohan Reddy, is the current Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (2019-present).
In the picture (left): YS Sharmila, Jaganmohan Reddy (Sharmila’s brother) and Vijayamma (Sharmila’s mother)
Husband and children
In 1995, Sharmila married M Anil Kumar. It was a love marriage and the second marriage for both. Anil was born a Hindu Brahmin and converted to Christianity after marrying Sharmila. Anil is the founder of Anil World Evangelization Mission and became an evangelist in 1998.
YS Sharmila and her husband Anil Kumar
The couple has two children, Anjali and Raja Reddy.
YS Sharmila’s son Raja Reddy
YS Sharmila and her daughter Anjali Reddy
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Profession
Although Sharmila has never been involved in electoral politics, she has been a part of her brother’s Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) election campaigns. She first came into the limelight in 2012 when she launched the Maro Praja Prasthanam (Another Journey to the People) walk march as part of the YSRCP election campaign. Sharmila started the 230-day march at Idupulapaya in Kadapa district on October 18, 2012, covering 2,250 villages in 116 assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh. During the mass outreach programme, Sharmila spoke about various local, state and national issues. Another motive of the march was to garner support for her brother, who was subsequently jailed by the CBI in a disproportionate assets case. The march ended at Ichchapuram on August 4, 2013.
YS Sharmila walks during the Maro Praja Prasthanam padayatra on December 2, 2012
She started another mass outreach program ahead of the 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections. This time she led an 11-day bus tour covering 1553 kms across Andhra Pradesh. Below is a video of the bus tour.
On January 4, 2024, Sharmila joined the Indian National Congress in the presence of Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi; she merged the YSR Telangana Party into the Indian National Congress (INC).
January 4, 2024: YS Sharmila joins Indian National Congress along with Rahul Gandhi and Mapanna Mallikarjun
He contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Kadapa Lok Sabha seat in Andhra Pradesh and lost to her cousin and YSRCP candidate YS Avinash Reddy.
dispute
Arrested during padayatra called ‘Praja Prasthanam’
On November 28, 2022, during a march called ‘Praja Prasthanam’, YS Sharmila and her party workers were allegedly attacked by a group of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) (formerly Telangana Rashtra Samithi TRS) workers in Chennaraopet in Warangal district, who were protesting against her offensive remarks against BRS party leader Peddi Sudarshan Reddy. During the march on November 27, 2022, Sharmila accused Peddi Sudarshan Reddy of illegally acquiring land and extorting money by intimidating common people and contractors. YSR Telangana Party workers accused BSR party workers of attacking the caravan where Sharmila was resting and breaking the glass of a car belonging to the YSR Telangana Party. Following the incident, the police cancelled the permission to hold the march. Speaking to reporters, Sharmila expressed her anger over the cancellation of permission to go ahead with the Padayatra and said,
For the past 223 days, I, along with party leaders and representatives, have been holding peaceful marches to highlight the plight of people from all sections of Telangana. Our growing popularity has alarmed Chief Minister KCR and his party members who want to stop me at all costs.”
In response to the attack on her convoy, on November 29, 2022, Sharmila along with her party members went to the residence of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao to protest against him and his party, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS). On the way to the Chief Minister’s residence, she was stopped by the police but she locked herself in the car. As Sharmila refused to get out of the car, the police had to call a crane to tow her car and took her to the SR Nagar police station where she was arrested along with six other party members. A case was registered against her at the Panjagutta police station under sections 353 (assault or violence to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 333 (intentionally causing grievous hurt to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 327 (intentionally causing hurt to extort money or to force to do unlawful act) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). She was released on bail a few hours later.
This is a picture of YS Sharmila sitting in her car while protesting against Telangana’s first Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao in Hyderabad, with her car being towed away by a crane
Arrested for assaulting a police officer
YS Sharmila was arrested by police on April 24, 2023, after she was caught on camera assaulting police officers outside her Hyderabad residence following an argument with them. She reportedly assaulted a sub-inspector, rammed a police officer with her car, injuring his leg, and abused the officer when he tried to stop her from staging an unauthorized “protest.”
Facts/Trivia
- In January 2019, after rumours of her affair with Baahubali fame actor Prabhas, Sharmila lodged a complaint with the Hyderabad Police Station against the Telugu Sangh Party’s social media unit for spreading rumours and posting objectionable content against her. While talking to media officials, she said:
They spread rumours that I had an affair with actor Prabhas before the 2014 elections. I denied it then and they stopped it after the elections. Now the rumours are spreading again.”
YS Sharmila and her husband with Hyderabad CP Anjani Kumar
- On October 20, 2022, YS Sharmila launched a march called “Praja Prasthanam” in Chevella constituency in Ranga Reddy district of Telangana. She talked about her motivation for the march and said that she wanted to interact with the common people, listen to their problems and come up with possible solutions. In an interview with the media, Sharmila talked about the reason for launching the march in Chevella and said:
Chevella is a place that I have deep feelings for my father, so I chose to start and end my walk here. I plan to walk 12-15 kilometers a day and hope to complete the walk marathon within a year. ”
YS Sharmila, during the Praja Prasthanam padayatra in October 2022
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