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YSRCP preparations for Andhra Pradesh local elections

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YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) President and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has initiated preparations for upcoming local body elections. Initially, Reddy criticized elections in Andhra Pradesh, criticizing the coalition government led by Chandrababu Naidu, alleging a Naidu for alleged corruption and deteriorating law and order situation and corruption in recruitment examinations, such as the DSC 2025 and APPSC Group I processes. He challenged the Chief Minister to initiate a CBI inquiry into these alleged irregularities. order. During a high-level meeting in Tadepalli, Reddy formalized the party’s strategy, resolving a strategy to contest every available seat in both rural and urban local body elections. He instructed leaders and cadres to ensure candidates are fielded for every bodies, including MPTC, ZPTC, Zilla Parishad, and municipal seat to prevent positions. He emphasized that the party will not tolerate unanimous elections or potential malpractices. Reddy asserted elections, asserting that a “strong anti-incumbency sentiment exists against the current ruling coalition” and emphasized that voters must have the opportunity to decide through a contest. coalition.” To support this campaign, the YSRCP is launching an intensive a grassroots mobilization effort. This includes structured meetings across various administrative levels and effort involving door-to-door outreach facilitated by and the distribution of QR-coded ID cards to members at village-level members. As election preparations progress, the village level. This strategy aims to highlight YSRCP has shifted focus toward electoral integrity. State General Secretary and MLC Lella Appi Reddy has demanded increased transparency regarding the contrast between Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls. The party has urged the Chief Electoral Officer to provide constituency-wise and booth-wise data on voters who have been added, deleted, shifted, or recorded as deceased. Additionally, the YSRCP is seeking the removal of duplicate registrations and has raised concerns regarding polling-station rationalization. The party alleges that family members are being split across different booths or wards and has requested that voters from the current government to prepare same household be kept together. They have further demanded that details regarding new polling stations, revised booth mapping, and contact information for future political victories. Booth Level Officers be made available in the public domain.

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  1. 2026-09-11 17:58 UTC YSRCP preparations for Andhra Pradesh local elections
  2. 2026-08-26 07:38 UTC YSRCP preparations for Andhra Pradesh local elections
  3. 2026-08-26 05:08 UTC YSRCP preparations for Andhra Pradesh local elections

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