Sharmila Shifts Wedding Venue, but Claims Ownership of Yelahanka Palace!

Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president Y S Sharmila on Saturday announced that she was shifting the venue of her daughter Y S Anjili Reddy’s wedding from the disputed bungalow at Yelahanka in Bengaluru, but claimed that she was the rightful owner of the entire property.

Sharmila posted a message on her social media handle X to this effect, saying she did not want the wedding to take place in a controversial or confrontational atmosphere.

Apparently, Sharmila did not want any disturbance during the wedding in the wake of strong objections from her brother and YSR Congress Party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, who did not want her to conduct the wedding at the Yelahanka bungalow, citing security and privacy concerns.

Sharmila said Anjili’s marriage to Somala Raghurami Reddy was an alliance arranged by the elders of both families and that it was their responsibility to ensure that the wedding was conducted in a cordial atmosphere, without disputes.

“Considering our responsibility to conduct the marriage peacefully, without any controversy or unpleasantness, we have decided to organise the wedding ceremony of Y S Anjili Reddy and Somala Raghurami Reddy at another venue, in the presence of relatives, friends and well-wishers,” she said.

She clarified that the Yelahanka property in Bengaluru, which has become the centre of a controversy over her daughter Anjili’s wedding venue, belonged entirely to her and her children as part of the family property partition.

She said she had no desire to claim any property that did not rightfully belong to her, while expressing deep disappointment over her inability to fulfil her daughter’s wish to get married at the house where she grew up.

“I am not someone who stoops to the level of coveting something that does not belong to me,” she said.

She explained that the Yelahanka property had been treated as a joint family asset until Jagan became Chief Minister. Subsequently, the property was allotted entirely to her and her children as part of the division of family properties.

“I swear by God that this is the truth,” she asserted, making it clear that the property was legally and morally part of her family’s share in the division of assets.

Sharmila said she had wanted to conduct her daughter Anjili’s wedding at the Yelahanka house because it was her children’s rightful property and also the house where her father, former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy (YSR), had lived and spent time.

According to her, the decision was also driven by her daughter’s personal wish to have her wedding at the house where she had grown up.

Stating that there was great emotional significance in conducting a daughter’s wedding at one’s own home, Sharmila said it was considered a matter of great fortune for parents in Telugu families to celebrate their children’s marriages in their own house.

However, she expressed anguish that she and her family could not fulfil Anjili’s wish despite the sentimental value attached to the property.

“We are deeply pained that we could not fulfil my daughter’s desire to have her wedding at the very house where she grew up,” she said.

Sharmila expressed gratitude to everyone who had shown concern for her daughter following the developments surrounding the wedding venue.

“I seek the blessings and good wishes of the Telugu people for the couple as they embark on their married life,” she said.