Panchakarla Ramesh Babu quits YSRC, party Visakhapatnam district president post
The Hindu
Senior politician and former MLA Panchakarla Ramesh Babu has announced on July 13 that he has resigned from the post of YSR Congress Party Visakhapatnam district president and party membership due to his personal commitments and his inability to function as desired in the post.
Senior politician and former MLA Panchakarla Ramesh Babu has announced on July 13 that he has resigned from the post of YSR Congress Party Visakhapatnam district president and party membership due to his personal commitments and his inability to function as desired in the post.
He said that he came into politics with many hopes and dreams and felt that it was not right to continue in office when he was not in a position to fulfill them, so he resigned with immediate effect showing the resignation copy to the media, in Visakhapatnam, in a hotel on Thursday morning (July 13.)
He apologised to his followers and others who were unhappy that despite he being the district president of the YSR Congress Party, he was unable to fulfill their minor obligations.
Speaking to reporters on the occasion, Ramesh Babu said that he joined the YSR Congress party three years ago on the invitation of the party’s senior leader and Rajya Sabha MP Vijayasai Reddy. After that, he was given the responsibility of the party president a year ago. Since then, he extended his support to the party at his level and did justice to the tasks given by the party’s high command as much as possible.
However, he felt that he has not been able to do justice to the party for the past few months, and he failed to bridge the gap between the party’s secondary leaders and the party’s high command, especially with Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy. He said that the decision was based on his personal opinion.
Mr. Ramesh Babu also announced that he will soon decide on his future political plans after consulting his followers.
While replying to queries, Mr. Ramesh Babu denied that there were no misunderstandings between YSR Congress leaders, especially YSR Congress in-charge of North Coastal Andhra Pradesh Y. V. Subba Reddy as speculated in media, behind the decision.
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