Sharmila meets brother Jagan Reddy a day before joining Congress

Amaravati, Jan 3 (IANS) A day before joining the Congress, YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) leader Y.S. Sharmila met her brother and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy here on Wednesday to invite him for her son’s engagement and wedding.Accompanied by her husband Anil Kumar, son Raja Reddy and other family members, Sharmila drove to the Chief Minister’s official residence at Tadepalli and presented him the first invitation card for Raja Reddy’s engagement and wedding.She spent about half-an-hour with her brother and sister-in-law Bharati.On January 1, Sharmila had announced that Raja Reddy’s engagement with Atluri Priya is set for January 18, while the wedding is scheduled for February 17.On January 2, she had kept an invitation card at the grave of her father and late Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy at Idupulapaya in YSR Kadapa district.Sharmila, along with her family members, reached the Gannavaram Airport at Vijayawada by a special aircraft from Kadapa and then drove to her brother’s residence.Interestingly, Alla Rama Krishna Reddy, who recently resigned from the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) headed by Jagan Reddy, and also quit as an MLA, accompanied Sharmila to the Chief Minister’s residence.Rama Krishna Reddy has announced that he will join the Congress once Sharmila returns from Delhi.Sharmila’s meeting with Jagan Reddy came a day before her visit to Delhi where she will join the Congress in the presence of the party’s top leadership.This was Sharmila’s first meeting with Jagan Reddy after differences cropped up between the siblings. Sharmila, who had actively campaigned for YSRCP in the 2019 elections, felt sidelined by Jagan Reddy after the party came to power following a landslide victory.In 2021, she entered