Jagan Mohan Reddy was born on December 21, 1972, in Pulivendula village of Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh, to former state chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy and Vijaya Lakshmi. He has a sibling - his sister Sharmila. Like his other family members, Jagan is a Protestant Christian.
After having early schooling in the Pulivendula village, Jagan was enrolled in Hyderabad Public School.
Jagan's plunge into politics came in 2004 when he took an active role in campaigning for the Congress in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections in Kadapa District. He would contest the seat himself in the 2009 elections and would be elected as a member of Parliament on a Congress ticket.
Meanwhile, his father, YS Rajasekhara Reddy, the chief minister of the state, had consolidated his position among the masses and the party top brass. Jagan's influence also grew manifold during this period and he founded Sakshi, a Telugu daily, and a television channel by the same name. He also started Bharathi Cements....
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10:08 AM, May 28, 2012
GUNTUR: It seems YSRC president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has launched an election campaign for his loyal and rebel Congress MLAs, who voted in favour of the no-confidence motion as the Kadapa MP resumed his Odarpu Yatra in Guntur on Wednesday. Jagan kickstarted the third phase of his Odarpu yatra at Bodipalam village under Prattipadu Assembly constituency in Guntur district. Addressing the gathering at the village, he appealed masses to...
11:44 AM, Dec 08, 2011
Hyderabad: Former Congress MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will resume his 'Odarpu Yatra' in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh from Tuesday. Jagan had kicked off his yatra in Visakhapatnam district on January 3 and took a break from January 9 to undertake a one-day fast in Delhi on January 11 to highlight the adverse impact of the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal on the state farmers. Jagan will conduct the yatra...
12:02 AM, Jan 18, 2011
Hyderabad: Former Congress MP YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will kick start his 'Odarpu Yatra' from Vishakhapatnam on Monday. During the yatra, Jagan will console 18 families whose kin died of shock following the death of his father Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, sources said. But the local police have imposed restrictions on Reddy's yatra following a Maoist threat. Jagan is expected to cover the 15 Assembly constituencies during his eight-day marathon...
08:02 AM, Jan 03, 2011
Hyderabad: A day after Andhra Pradesh remembered one of its greatest leaders, the late chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who died in a helicopter crash in 2009, his son Jagan Mohan Reddy has begun the third leg of the controversial Odarpu yatra. Jagan, the Congress MP from Kadappa in Andhra Pradesh, is going ahead with his yatra despite Congress high command's stern warnings. Jagan had launched his Odarpu yatra in...
04:34 PM, Sep 03, 2010
A day after threatening to act if Jagan went ahead with his 'Odarpu Yatra', the party now seems to be backing off. ...
11:11 PM, Jul 07, 2010
Andhra Pradesh CM says the Congress only asked Jaganmohan Reddy not to politicise his 'Odarpu Yatra'. ...
09:19 PM, Jul 07, 2010
Legislators from Hyderabad and a few others from Jagan's native Kadapa district met him in Hyderabad. ...
06:53 PM, Jul 07, 2010
He may start the controversial tour from July 8 though the party is yet to accord a formal permission to it. ...
08:58 AM, Jul 02, 2010
Congress MP Jaganmohan was scheduled to undertake his yatra in Srikakulam district from Tuesday. ...
10:30 PM, Jun 07, 2010
Jagan has been asked to help Congress candidates win Rajya Sabha elections in the state. ...
10:21 AM, Jun 01, 2010
Jaganmohan Reddy is in Delhi to meet the Congress leadership after being asked to stop his 'Odarpu Yatra'. ...
10:14 AM, May 31, 2010
