Recently YS Sharmila started preparations to launch her own political party in Telangana. She has been meeting her fans and some political leaders who are not in form. Some of the videos of Sharmila’s meetings with them are circulated on social media and are trolled heavily. As per some inside info, Sharmila’s team is intentionally releasing those videos despite predicting that they will be trolled. Details as below.

Recently Sharmila met with students and one young man spoke high of Sharmila and became very emotional during his speech. He came to terms only after being consoled by Sharmila herself. This video went viral on social media and was trolled heavily for the over-drama enacted by the young man. Congress leader Revanth Reddy responded to this video and clarified that the name of that person is Sunand Joseph and also revealed that he is not a student but he is one of the musicians in the Calvary temple choir team. He ridiculed all the incident and commented that both the Youngman and Sharmila deserve an oscar for their performance.

However, it is learnt that Sharmila’s team is well aware of these consequences and intentionally released this video as they expect such ‘tagging’ will have a positive impact on their party. It seems the aim of Sharmila’s party is not to win any election but to consolidate one section of people towards their party and thereby dent the other major political party which would otherwise get these votes. So, it seems Sharmila’s team will be releasing many such videos in future and will try to project that their party is the common choice of one section of people.

Amid conflicting reports, it is finally confirmed that the new political party of YS Sharmila will carry out its Telangana activities from the Jaganmohan Reddy Lotus Pond residence in Hyderabad. CM Jagan had carried out his AP electioneering in 2019 from this house itself. He got a resounding victory with the AP voters giving 151 out of the total 175 MLA seats. From this residence itself, YS Sharmila is going to operate her new party.

This has given rise to fresh doubts whether there is an understanding between different players behind the new party of YSR’s daughter. Already, rumours are doing the rounds that KCR-Jagan together have brought Sharmila to the fore to divide the Reddy and pro-Congress vote banks in Telangana. The BJP Delhi leaders were also suspected to be involved in this larger game plan behind the Sharmila party.

The TRS has already decided not to criticise the Sharmila party. The latest report on Sharmila’s party office at Lotus Pond has given rise to more doubts. Jagan Reddy advisor Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy has said that AP CM has not given his approval for Sharmila to start the party in Telangana. Now questions are being asked how CM Jagan could have allowed his sister’s party to function from the premises of his residence.

A lot of speculation is going on about what would be the name of the new political party that YSR’s daughter YS Sharmila is likely to float soon. Latest reports are indicating that she has already finalised her party name as ‘YSR Telangana Party’ (YSRTP). Her supporters have already started discussions with the election authorities concerned to get the same registered in the election office records.

The party name is very crucial in politics. In this respect, Jaganmohan Reddy has made some errors. He simply borrowed the name of an already existing title ‘Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party’ (YSRCP). This has later drawn a lot of criticism from the Opposition. This is because the Jagan party leaders are not using this full name but just YSR Congress Party in their party letterheads.

The rivals have also contested in the Supreme Court, saying that the Jagan Reddy party leaders have no right to use the YSRCP name in their correspondence.

Amidst such issues, the Sharmila team is stated to have decided to register their party name outright as ‘YSRTP’ right in the name of her father. Speculation is that she had already discussed this with the close confidantes at today’s meetings at her Lotus Pond residence in Hyderabad.

All sorts of rumours are spreading fast and far about YS Sharmila’s meeting with the YSR loyalists in Hyderabad on Tuesday. This rendezvous is coming amidst reports of Jagan’s sister being unhappy with him and ready to begin her own political party anytime now. Incidentally, this meeting is being held to celebrate the marriage anniversary of YSR. In this, Sharmila, her husband Bro. Anil Kumar and Vijayamma are going to meet the close loyalists and senior leaders known to YSR from both the States.

What added credence to these reports was the latest statement by a senior YSR loyalist like Gone Prakasa Rao. He has commented that the recent statement of Bro. Anil Kumar about ‘Gudu kadultondi’ (birds’ nest is getting disturbed) indirectly referred to Sharmila’s political ambitions only. He said that the YSR daughter was totally unhappy with Jagan for ignoring her after becoming CM of AP.

Gone Prakasa Rao has been known for several decades as a close confidante of the YSR family. He has confirmed that there were differences between Jagan and Sharmila. He pointed out that in her recent rejoinder statement on the ABN reports, Sharmila has not said that she will not start her own party.

Prakasa Rao has also said that Sharmila has sent PA to a family advocate to get her party registered. But the same advocate is also close to Jagan. This is where the differences have arisen between them.

Sharmila, daughteer of YS Rajasekhar Reddy, though feeble voiced, is known for her tenacity. She has been carrying forward her Paramarsha Yatra in Telangana for the past few months. The yatra, is meant to meet the families of those persons who purportedly died of shock in the wake of YSR sudden death in copter crash in 2009. She has been on the mission of meeting these families and extend some help. On and off the yatra has been going on for years in AP and Telangana. Normally, such activities taper once the party loses the election for these activities are meant to connect with the voters basically. This did not happen in the case of Sharmila. Even though YSR party lost miserably in Telangana in 2014, she has not called off the yatra. Sharmila had earlier, toured Mahbubnagar, Nalgonda, Ranga Reddy and Warangal districts. Now, after completing the Yatra in Warangal she entered Karimnagar district. One could see no fatigue on her face nor disillusion noticeable in her eyes.

After a break now, she will resume the Yatra from October 1 from Husnabad constituency for the next two days, travelling 450 km, and consoling 18 families, according to Telangana party General Secretary K Shiv Kumar. On October 3 evening, the Yatra will enter Adilabad district at Nirmal, and she will travel 110 km consoling 10 families, which lost a member upon watching the news the demise of YSR, during the next two days. From Kagaznagar, Sharmila will cross over to Nizamabad district and will visit 19 families on October 5 and 6 before rounding off the Yatra.

There are no elections near future and the party is unlikely to emerge a force in the new state. The smooth sail of her yatra in Telangana is attributed to the fact “the enemy of my enemy is my friend”. Jaganmohan Reddy, president of YSR Congress, is an arch rival to TDP supremo Chandrababu Naidu, who is seen as enemy number one by TRS, the ruling of party of Telangana. So, Jagan, who had been hounded out of Telangana few years back, is no longer an enemy to TRS or Telangana forces. There are even complaints from TDP that Jagan and TRS leader KCR are working in tandem to finish Naidu in cash for vote scam. They show Jangan’s aggressive campaign , more aggressive than TRS, for booking Naidu as accused number 1 in the case. While TRS had been silent, Jagan went to New Delhi submitted memoranda to centre.

Then what could be reason behind this strenuous campaign in Telangana in the name of Paramarsha Yatra by Sharmila. It is naiveté to conclude that it is just a humanitarian yatra to help the bereaved families. There must be some political meaning to it.

Observers see two reasons in Sharmila’s Yatra in Telangana.

1. She is helping the ruling party to destroy the Telugu Desam in Telangana by preventing people of Andhra origin from moving over to TDP, in the absence of YSRC, and Andhra Party. She seeks to achieve this by sending across a message that the YSRC is not out, it is alive and kicking.

2. Sharmila wants to keep memories of YSR alive and this would be useful to generate wave of protest in case Jagan is arrested in “disproportionate cases”, now on fast-track trial in CBI court. Jagan’s constant refrain is that the these cases have been booked at the instance of Congress and TDP. Let us wait and see what course the Paramarsha politics take in future.