Following the YSR Congress's defeat in the assembly polls, Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday tendered his resignation to Governor S Abdul Nazeer, official sources said.
Except one minister, all the cabinet colleagues of Jagan are trailing in the polls.
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Speaker Thammineni Sitaram also lost the poll to his TDP rival K Ravi Kumar in Amadalavalas assembly segment.
Jagan is likely to continue as caretaker CM until the new government takes over in the state, sources added.
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