YS Sharmila, the daughter of former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, YS Rajasekhar Reddy, and the sister of the current Chief Minister of AP, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, had announced some time ago, that she would be launching a political party of her own in Telangana.
Sharmila had addressed a public meeting in Khammam, following which she took up a 72-hour hunger strike, against the TRS government, for not releasing job notifications. Sharmila started her hunger strike at Hyderabad’s Indira Park and then continued it at her residence at Lotus Pond.
Sharmila initially wanted to continue her three-day hunger strike at Lotus Pond itself, but the POlice department had given her permission for just one day. When Sharmila was trying to walk back to Lotus Pond after her first day’s permission period was up, the Police department had obstructed her path, which resulted in chaos between the police department and Sharmila’s followers. Sharmila’s hand ended up getting hurt in the process.
Upon concluding her strike, Sharmila said that she and her supporters will continue their movement until the job notifications are released and until the 1.91 government job vacancies are filled in. She also said that she will end unemployment in Telangana when her party comes to power in 2 years. Sharmila will be officially launching her party in the state on July 8th, on the occasion of her father’s Jayanthi.