Archive · 12 Sep 2026
APCC Forms Monitoring Committee Ahead of Local Body Polls
The Andhra Pradesh Congress Party is preparing for upcoming local elections.
Party president YS Sharmila Reddy created a 10-member team to guide this preparation.
N Raghuveera Reddy will lead the team.
JD Seelam will help coordinate its work.
Other senior Congress leaders are also members.
The team will watch how election plans are made and how candidates are chosen.
Kiran Kumar Reddy will handle coordination and social media for the elections.
Sharmila Reddy wants district and city party leaders to work closely with the team so Congress can perform well.
APCC President YS Sharmila Reddy formed a 10-member state-level monitoring committee for the upcoming local body elections.
CWC member N Raghuveera Reddy will chair the committee, while JD Seelam will serve as convener.
The panel includes several Congress leaders, including Gidugu Rudra Raju, MM Pallam Raju and Killi Kriparani.
Kiran Kumar Reddy was appointed PCC coordination and social media in-charge for the local body elections.
The committee will monitor election arrangements, candidate selection and organisational matters to help Congress seek a majority of seats.
- Who
- The Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee, led by President YS Sharmila Reddy, and the newly appointed 10-member monitoring committee.
- What
- A state-level monitoring committee was formed to oversee Congress preparations for the upcoming local body elections.
- When
- Ahead of the upcoming local body elections; no election date was specified.
- Where
- Andhra Pradesh; the report is datelined Vijayawada.
- Why
- To strengthen the Congress organisation, coordinate election preparations and seek a majority of local body seats.
- Committee size
- 10 members
- Chairman
- N Raghuveera Reddy
- Convener
- JD Seelam
- Committee mandate
- Monitor election arrangements, candidate selection and organisational matters
- Coordination and social media in-charge
- Kiran Kumar Reddy
- Party objective
- Win a majority of seats in the local body elections
- Directive to local units
- District and city Congress presidents were asked to coordinate with the committee