Finally, the ego war between the YSRCP and TDP on ‘YSR Statue’ demolition comes to an end. On death anniversary of late YS Rajasekhara Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy unveiled YSR’s statue near Police Control Room in Vijayawada. The statue which was removed by the previous Telugu Desham government during Pushkaralu is now reinstalled at the same place.
After coming to power, YSR Congress Party has worked on restoring the statue and finally On Monday, CM Jagan unveiled it and paid tributes by garlanding with flowers. The YSR govt also renamed the Pragati Park, near Control room, as YSR Park.
In 2011, YSR’s statue was installed by former Vijayawada MP Lagadapati Rajagopal and in 2016, TDP govt pulled it down by citing road expansion as the reason during ‘Pushkaralu’.
When the officials pulled down YSR’s statue, several agitations and protests were staged by many YSRCP supporters, including former party leader Vangaveeti Radha. Since then, the statue was laid down at the fire station office in Vijayawada and finally got restored in first few months of YS Jagan’s government.
