New Delhi:
YSRCP leader V Vijayasai Reddy on Saturday resigned as Rajya Sabha member and announced he was quitting politics due to “personal reasons”, the fourth party MP to contest in the upper house since his rout in the 2024 assembly elections. To ease your conditions.
He met Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar at his residence and tendered his resignation.
Reddy, a chartered accountant by profession who represented Andhra Pradesh in the House, later told reporters that there were still three-and-a-half years left in his second six-year term, but he was resigning due to personal reasons.
He said he would focus on agriculture and deliver guest lectures at universities.
“I have tendered my resignation to the Vice President and the Rajya Sabha Chairman, and they have accepted it,” Reddy told reporters after meeting Dhankhar.
“I, with immediate effect, voluntarily resign my seat in the Rajya Sabha as the Member representing Andhra Pradesh from the Yuvajna Srimika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP). I hereby request you to Please accept my resignation,â said his short resignation letter to the VP.
Rajya Sabha later informed Reddy’s resignation.
An elected member of the House of Representatives (Rajya Sabha) representing the State of Andhra Pradesh, Shri V. Vijayasai Reddy resigned his seat in the Rajya Sabha and his resignation was accepted by the Speaker, Rajya Sabha, on 25 January. , 2025,” Rajya Sabha Secretary General PC Modi said in the notification.
In a post on X, Reddy also shared pictures of his meeting with the Vice President. Immediate effect duly records proceedings,â he posted.
Reddy said that before accepting his resignation, the Vice President specifically asked him what were the reasons he was submitting his papers, and if it was voluntary or there is any coercion or undue influence.
“I have explained to the Chairman that my resignation is voluntary, spontaneous and there is no coercion, pressure or any undue influence and I have tendered my resignation only for personal reasons,” he said.
Asked if he had spoken to YSRCP chief Jagan Mohan Reddy, he said, “Yes, I have spoken to my party president Jagan Mohan Reddy garu yesterday. I have explained to him in detail the reasons for , because of which I have decided to leave politics and he has advised me not to do so.
“Despite the fact that they asked me not to do so, I have continued with my decision and I have tendered my resignation. And I will leave politics,” he said.
On his future plans, Reddy said that his interests are agriculture and giving guest lectures in various universities and sharing his knowledge with the youth and students.
âI am a chartered accountant and I have wide experience in capital markets and I have quite a good experience in Parliament. The limited knowledge that I have gained in my 67 years of life, I would like to share it with others, because the knowledge gained is one thing and imparting knowledge to others is equally important,” he said.
On the need to resign now that he has a few years left in his tenure, Reddy said, “I honestly feel that I am not in a position to do justice to the job that has been given to me as the president of my party and In light of this I have submitted my resignation.” Reddy had announced on Friday that he would resign as Rajya Sabha MP and leave politics.
This was his second term as a Rajya Sabha member from Andhra Pradesh. He is the fourth YSRCP Rajya Sabha member to resign from the party following its rout in the 2024 assembly elections.
YSRCP Rajya Sabha members M Venkat Ramana, B Mastan Rao Yadav and BC leader R Krishnaiah resigned in recent days.
Krishnaiah and Yadav later joined the BJP and TDP, respectively, and retained their seats in the Rajya Sabha by-elections.
After Reddy’s exit, the seat is expected to go to the ruling NDA in AP in the impending by-election, owing to its overwhelming majority.
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