Hyderabad: Y.S.Sharmila Reddy, president of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee, has publicly accused her brother and former Chief Minister Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy of usurping household property.

In Vijayawada on Monday, Sharmila stated for the primary time that Jagan did not switch her rightful share in Saraswati Energy Non-public Restricted. Though she denied any curiosity in preventing for property, she asserted {that a} 2019 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) relating to household belongings was supposed to disclaim her a good portion of the wealth of their late father Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy, or YSR.

“The YSR Congress Social gathering members are calling my mom’s letter unfaithful,” she stated.

Calling her brother’s occasion ‘Shaitaan’s Sainyam’, or the Satan’s Military, she questioned the YSRCP members’ want to answer a private problem. “Jagan is aware of that the letter’s contents are true. If it’s a lie, why are they responding to its contents?”

Vijayalakshmi has referred to as for an equitable re-distribution of her late husband’s wealth amongst her youngsters and grandchildren, entering into the already acrimonious authorized dispute between Jagan and daughter Sharmila.

She issued a notarised doc on Friday stating her late husband’s wealth was by no means pretty apportioned to daughter and her 4 grandchildren.

Accusing her son Jagan of arrogating the household’s wealth, she stated that each one belongings held up till the time of YSR’s passing in 2009 represent household belongings.

“No formal distribution of those belongings has ever taken place after 2009. It was YSR’s intention to distribute every thing equally amongst his 4 grandchildren; certainly, this was his directive as effectively,” Vijayamma stated within the word issued by her lawyer.

Within the letter accessed by The Print, Vijayamma said that Jagan allotted much less belongings to Sharmila than she was entitled to. “Along with Saraswathi Cements, the land in Yelahanka—which was not even included within the MoU—additionally belongs to Sharmila. The cash given to Sharmila was nothing apart from the dividends accrued on her rightful share of the belongings.”

The MoU being referred to was issued by Jagan in 2019 relating to the division of household property.

His remarks that he was “granting her a share of their household property solely out of pure love and affection” sparked off a debate. Sharmila and Vijayamma accused Jagan of an unfair appropriation of belongings after he claimed that each one property was “self-acquired” and didn’t belong to his father.

Vijayamma dismissed Jagan’s earlier claims by her letter. “The whole lot within the MoU rightfully belongs to her, that’s exactly why Jagan drafted the MoU. So far, Jagan has handled his nephew and niece unfairly relating to these belongings; I hope that, sometime, he’ll do proper by them,” she wrote.

Whereas YSRCP employees consider Vijayamma’s continued assist to Sharmila might dent Jagan’s picture, YSR’s associates and associates who The Print spoke to stated that the letter was issued after Jagan refused to acquiesce to his mom’s calls for.

YSRCP state spokesperson Rachamallu Shivaprasad Reddy strongly objected to the remarks made towards Jagan, saying that they had been “unfair and hurtful”.

Referring to Vijayamma’s notarized press word and her stance on the continued problem, he questioned why she didn’t categorical concern over the feedback being made towards Jagan and as an alternative appeared to assist the narrative towards him.

Nevertheless, Jagan’s members of the family who spoke to The Print stated the letter was issued on the behest of the ruling Telugu Desam Social gathering (TDP).

“It’s a diversionary tactic employed by the Telugu Desam Social gathering to deflect consideration from the Hyderabad drug bust case the place TDP MP Putta Mahesh Kumar was booked for consuming artificial medication,” a member of the family stated.

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The sibling rivalry

YSR was the chief minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh, when he died in a helicopter crash in 2009. After his demise, Jagan stop the Congress occasion when occasion chief Sonia Gandhi refused to let him develop into the chief minister.

His resolution to interrupt away from the Congress and kind a brand new occasion was supported by Vijayalakshmi and Sharmila, who joined him on a state-wide yatra. In 2011, Jagan shaped the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Social gathering (YSRCP), whereas he was jailed in 2012 by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a disproportionate belongings case. Throughout his 16-month time in jail, Vijayamma and Sharmila toured Andhra canvassing for Jagan, which resulted in his electoral victory in 2019.

Nevertheless, rifts throughout the household surfaced after Jagan issued the signed MoU following his electoral victory. Within the MoU, he said that transferring a sure portion of shares in Saraswati Energy and Industries Non-public Restricted and some different properties was out of “pure love and affection” for his sister.

Each the mom and sister denounced Jagan’s actions stating that he misappropriated the household’s belongings. Sharmila shaped YSR Telangana Social gathering, vowing to contest the 2023 meeting elections.

Nevertheless, after a gathering with Sonia and Rahul Gandhi shortly earlier than the Telangana elections in November 2023, she merged her occasion within the Congress and determined to maneuver again to Andhra Pradesh. The Congress named her state chief and the occasion contested the 2024 common election and the meeting election in Could that yr.

The sibling rivalry led to Jagan and his spouse submitting a petition with the Nationwide Firm Legislation Tribunal (NCLT) in 2024 to invalidate the switch of Saraswati Energy shares to Sharmila, mentioning that the switch of shares could possibly be potential solely after his title was cleared within the circumstances towards him filed by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate.

In July 2025, the NCLT bench dominated in favour of Jagan stating that the shares to Sharmila must be revoked. Quickly, Jagan withdrew the MoU inside a couple of months in 2025, citing political variations and authorized considerations along with his sister.

Whereas Vijayamma has sided with Sharmila and chosen to remain quiet till the publication of the word, Sharmila has been extra open about her discord. Extra just lately, she made a scathing comment saying that if one has a brother like Jagan, there’s completely no want for every other enemies.

(Edited by Tony Rai)

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