Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy Politician

Yeduguri Sandinti Jaganmohan Reddy (born 21 December 1972), also called Jagan is an Indian politician and is President of YSR Congress and Leader of Opposition in AP assembly. He is the son of the former Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy.From May 2012 till Sept 2013, he was injailunder the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 for Disproportionate Assets and providing quid pro quo favours to businesses. A series of bail applications were repeatedly rejected by three levels of courts partly owing to "the serious nature of the offence", with estimated "amounts exceedingRs. 3000 crores."The YSR Congress and other opposition parties have alleged that Jagan is being politically victimized and the CBI is acting at the behest of the Congress and that this is a case of political vendetta. After 16 months, on September 23, 2013, a special CBI court granted him bail, but he is not permitted to leave Andhra Pradesh.Jagan has been the Leader of the Opposition in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly since June 2014.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)Y.S.Jagan
Birth dateDecember 21, 1972
Birth place
Andhra Pradesh , Pulivendula

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Office holder

officeMember of Parliament - Lok Sabha
party
YSR Congress Party
region
Kadapa (Lok Sabha constituency)
relation

Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://caravanmagazine.in/reportage/takeover-0
  2. http://www.indistannews.com/jagan-shifted-to-ogh
  3. http://www.ysrcongress.com