Jai Samaikyandhra Party (JSP;

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for "Long live United Andhra Party") was an Indian political party launched by former Chief Minister of

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Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy (born 13 September 1959) is an Indian politician who served as the 16th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh between 25 November 2010 and 1 March 2014. He was the last Chief Minister of the United Andhra Pradesh before th ...

. He launched the party in protest against Government of India's decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh through Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill. Its poll plank is self-respect of

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. The party was formally launched at a public meeting in

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on 12 March 2014, and promised rollback of Telangana state in the event of JSP winning 25 seats. Its electoral symbol is a pair of slippers. In elections the party failed to win a single seat and lost deposits in many seats. Finally the party dissolved on 13 July 2018 and

re-joined INC.

History

After the bill was passed for the bifurcation of the state of Andhra Pradesh, Kiran Kumar Reddy resigned as Chief Minister and on 7 March 2014 announced that he would soon launch a political party. And on 11 March 2014, he launched a political party named as Jai Samaikyandhra Party, by opposing his own party.Kiran Kumar Reddy launches his party, blames Congress, BJP, TDP for Andhra Pradesh split - The Economic Times
/ref> He started giving vocal support by organizing press conferences while he was still the CM in support of the

Samaikyandhra Movement Samaikya Andhra Movement (United Andhra Movement) was a movement organized to keep the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh united, and to prevent the division of the state - separating the Telangana districts of the state into a separate Telangana st ...

and its justification. The party dissolved on 13 July 2018 and

re-joined INC.

Ideology

The party mission is to regain self-respect of Telugu people and will work towards the re-unification of Andhra Pradesh on the lines of

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. And expects the demand to come from

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, after grappling with post bifurcation problems like river waters, electricity, education, jobs, medical facilities. It will take too much of time to develop a city like Hyderabad and create employment like in Hyderabad. Our manifesto is to open all the government industries like government diaries, sugar factories and abandoned industry is one of the main concept to open and create employment opportunities and develop the government sector in united Andhra Pradesh.

Prominent Members

Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh

References

{{Indian political parties Indian National Congress breakaway groups Political parties established in 2014 Regionalist parties in India 2014 establishments in Andhra Pradesh