YS Sharmila, founder and president of the YSR Telangana Party, is set to join the Congress on January 4. She was invited to Delhi by AICC chief Mallikarjun Kharge to complete the necessary formalities. Before joining the party, Sharmila plans to visit Idupulapaya to place her son’s wedding invite on her father’s mausoleum.
The Congress party has not yet decided whether to make Sharmila the president of the party’s State unit or accommodate her in the AICC. Sources suggest that Rahul Gandhi is interested in appointing her as the head of the State unit. An official announcement regarding Sharmila’s joining the Congress is expected today after her visit to Idupulapaya.
Gidugu Rudraraju, Andhra Pradesh Congress president, stated that anyone who respects the Congress ideology is welcome to join the party. He extended a warm welcome to Sharmila into the State unit.
After meeting with party leaders in Hyderabad, Sharmila has decided to merge YSRTP with the Congress. She will travel to New Delhi with senior members of her party, and the official announcement of the merger will be made from there. Sharmila has not yet determined the position she will hold in the Congress after the merger.
