Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Indian politician Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy.
Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Yeduguri Sandinti Jagan Mohan Reddy, also known as Y. S. Jagan or mononymously Jagan, is an Indian politician serving as the 17th and current chief minister of Andhra Pradesh since 2019. He is also the founder and president of YSR Congress Party (YSRCP). He is the son of the former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy. He had served as the leader of opposition in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly between 2014 and 2019.
Ambati Rambabu walked with my father for 1,500 kilometres during his historic 'padayatra' before 2004 elections. It is because of the work done by activists like him that Congress won assembly elections twice.
I strongly believe vengeance is not mine; it is for God to decide.
I cannot throw my core values into a dustbin as some do for the sake of power and position. What kind of a politician that would make me then?
If the YSRCP is voted to power, agriculture sector will be given top priority. The interests of all sections of people will be protected.
The Congress is very vindictive, and they've proved it time and again.
The Congress party is insignificant in our state.
My dad was a loyal congressman until his death. The Congress didn't respect him after his death and filed cases against me.
I am proud to be the son of YSR, who had left me a very big family.
As far as I am concerned, my state is my priority.
I never thought there would be a day when I would have to handle things without my father.
I don't have power or money and one-sided media support or the inclination to stoop to any level for the sake of power.
In our fight to get the SCS, we will use all forms, including protest, dialogue, and discussion, to get our goal.
Special Category Status (SCS) is absolutely necessary for the development of the State. Without SCS, even if we take 60 years, we won't be able to develop like Hyderabad. But with SCS, development can be fast-tracked.
Naidu boasts of governance but does not understand what governance means.
My party was the only party that opposed the bifurcation of the state in Parliament, and I was suspended from the House along with the other MP from my party. TDP supported and voted for bifurcation, as did the Congress and BJP. Every party barring mine voted.
The golden period for all the castes, including BCs, was when Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy was at the helm. An education revolution was witnessed during that period, when many students had become engineers and doctors.
Implementation of promises is as important as making them.
Why should you construe that Congress and BJP are the only forces at the Centre? There could be third or fourth force.
In 2009, my father wanted me to join politics. I told him, 'Why should I jump into the dirt and grime of politics when I can have politicians come to me as owner of a media group?' Then my father gave me an ultimatum.
I am not afraid of anything. God will take care of everything.
Anybody who respects democracy has to keep in mind that never in this country was a separate state carved out without a resolution being passed in the assembly.
When people are with me, who can say I am alone.
I don't have any grievance against anybody.
The euphoria around Modiji is also no longer there.
Some issues have no solutions. If no solution comes, then you should leave it as it is. If you hit a road where you have no solution, it is best you don't touch it.
Post-bifurcation, I raised my voice and sat on an indefinite fast in Guntur in October 2015. Eight days into the fast, I was forcibly evicted by the police on the pretext that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was coming to Amaravati.