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Uphill Task | Andhra Pradesh

YSRC boss Jaganmohan Reddy will have to set state finances in order before working on his other priorities.

For Yuvajana Sra­mika Rythu Congress (YSRC) president Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, 46, it has been a long and arduous road to power. After launching the party in March 2011-when the Congress did not allow him to succeed his father Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy as chief minister-Jagan, as he is popularly known, has worked hard to emerge as the principal challenger to the Telugu Desam

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