The resignation of rebel Congress MP from Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has been accepted, Speaker Meira Kumar announced in the Lok Sabha on Friday.
Ms Kumar said Mr Reddy’s resignation has been accepted with effect from November 29.
“I have to inform the House that I have received a letter dated November 29 from Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, an elected member from Kadapa parliamentary constituency of Andhra Pradesh resigning from the membership of the Lok Sabha. I have accepted his resignation with effect from November 29,” she said.
Amid a standoff with the Congress leadership, 37-year-old Mr Reddy had sent his resignation to the Speaker and announced his decision to quit the party alleging that the Congress “humiliated” his family and tried to drive a “wedge” in it. Jagan, son of late Andhra chief minister Y.S.R. Reddy, had written a five-page “open letter” to Congress president Sonia Gandhi in which gave reasons for his resigning from the post.
His associates have indicated that he would soon announce the launch of his new party, the Youth Sramik Ryot (YSR) Congress.
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Rebel SP MLA finds favour in BSP camp
Age Correspondent
lucknow
Dec. 3: Rebel Samajwadi MLA Ashok Chandel has now deserted Mr Amar Singh and is reportedly on the verge of joining the Bahujan Samaj Party.
Mr Chandel, who was earlier a BSP MP from Hamirpur, met chief minister Mayawati on Thursday evening after which the state government promptly provided him Y category security and transferred the Hamirpur SSP Durga Charan Misra with whom the SP MLA had crossed swords.
According to sources, Mr Chandel’s re-entry into the BSP is designed to make up for the loss that the party has suffered after UP minister Badshah Singh announced his retirement form politics. Both Mr Chandel and Mr Badshah Singh are Thakurs and belong to the Bundelkhand region.
Mr Chandel, currently SP MLA from Hamirpur, had joined Mr Amar Singh when the latter was expelled from the SP.
in January this year. However, he parted ways with Mr Amar Singh when the latter avoided taking any “political initiative”.
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Himachal is adjudged best state ’10
Age Correspondent
new delhi
Dec. 3: BJP-ruled Himachal Pradesh was recently adjudged the best state in the country in the category “State of States” in a function held in New Delhi. Vice-president Hamid Ansari gave the award to state chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal.
According to a release, Himachal Pradesh has been adjudged best state in the field of education, investment, macro-economy, agriculture, housing sector and infrastructure development. The release stated that Himachal Pradesh also stood first in enrolment of below poverty line under the national health insurance scheme.
It was further stated Himachal Pradesh has been witnessing speedy development in various sector, besides welfare of farmers, welfare of farmers, fruit growers, employees.