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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has been elected the lifetime president of the ruling Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP).

An announcement in this regard was made on the second and final day of the party plenary on Saturday.

YSRCP general secretary V Vijaysai Reddy, who was the returning officer for the election of the party president, announced the unanimous election of Jagan Mohan Reddy as the lifetime president of the party.

A total of 22 sets of nominations were filed on behalf of Jagan Mohan Reddy by YSRCP leaders on Friday. No other leader filed a nomination for the post.

Jagan Mohan Reddy floated YSRCP in 2011 after resigning from the Congress party to carry forward the legacy of his late father and former chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy (YSR).

After the death of YSR in a helicopter crash in September 2009, Jagan Reddy had raised the banner of revolt against the Congress party by embarking on a yatra to console the families of those who died of shock following his father's death.

Jagan Reddy and his mother YS Vijayamma had resigned from Congress and quit Kadapa Lok Sabha and Pulivendula Assembly seats respectively to float YSRCP.

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Vijayamma, who has been serving as the honorary president of YSRCP since its inception, announced her resignation from the post on the first day of the plenary on Friday. She said she would like to stand by her daughter YS Sharmila, who has launched a separate political party in Telangana.