Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy prays at YSR Ghat
The Hindu
Earlier, the Chief Minister’s mother Y. S. Vijayamma pad tributes at the ghat separately.
Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy paid tributes at the ‘Samadhi’ of his father and former Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy at YSR Ghat in Idupulapaya in Kadapa on December 24.
Accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister S. B. Amzath Basha, Ministers Adimulapu Suresh and S. Appala Raju, Member of Parliament Y. S. Avinash Reddy, Zilla Parishat Chairman A. Amarnatha Reddy and Kadapa Mayor Suresh Babu, he garlanded the bust size statue of Late YSR and prayed at his ‘Samadhi’. Earlier, his mother Y.S. Vijayamma pad tributes at the ghat separately.
Among the events scheduled for the day for Mr. Reddy are laying of foundation stone for Aditya Birla unit at the industrial development park and distribution of pattas to housing beneficiaries at YSR Jagananna housing colony, both in Pulivendula.

In , the grape capital of India and host of the Simhastha Kumbh Mela every 12 years, environmental concerns over a plan to cut 1,800 trees for the proposed Sadhugram project in the historic Tapovan area have sharpened political fault lines ahead of local body elections. The issue has pitted both Sena factions against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the ruling Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra. While Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief, and Uddhav Thackeray, chief of the Shiv Sena (UBT), remain political rivals, their parties have found rare common ground in Tapovan, where authorities propose clearing trees across 34 acres to build Sadhugram and a MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) hub, as part of a ₹300-crore infrastructure push linked to the pilgrimage.












