YS Jagan mohan Reddy, Honourable Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh is known for his fighting spirit and earning his current position with grit and determination. Now, he is the chief of YSRC Political Part and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, but some 15 years ago, his identity is the Son of Popular Leader YS Rajasekhar Reddy. Jagan after his father became Chief Minister of United Andhra Pradesh came into limelight by establishing several business ventures, like Sakshi paper and News Channel, Bharathi Cement,.to name a few.
After the sad and sudden demise of YSR, Jagan came into the big picture of political landscape. He started Odarpu Yatra across the state to console those who lost lives due to the untimely demise of his father YSR. He then eventually came out of the Congress Party and established his own party, YSR Congress Party which also matches his father's acronym, YSR.
In 2014 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections, YSRCP won 67 seats and he became the Leader of the Opposition. He started walkathon touring the state spanning 3000 KMs for 430 days. This brought him closer to the people and in 2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly elections, he led the party to a landslide victory in the state elections by winning 151 seats of the total 175 assembly segments emerging as 17th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
Today, on the occasion of his Birthday, a special poster from 'Yatra 2' team is released conveying birthday wishes to him. Yatra 2 is a biographical film about the journey of YS Jagan from being an opposition leader to becoming Chief Minister facing adverse conditions. Jiiva is playing as YS Jagan in the film while Mammootty is seen as his father YS Rajasekhar Reddy. Mahi V Raghav is directing this film which is slated to release on 8th February, 2024 in theatres.