New Delhi, Sep 6 - Congress president Sonia Gandhi Sunday met union Law Minister and senior leader M. Veerappa Moily amid a strong campaign by party workers in Andhra Pradesh for Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy to succeed his father, the late Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, as chief minister.

Moily is in charge of the Congress' Andhra Pradesh affairs.

'Moily met Gandhi at around 11.30 a.m. Sunday. The party high command is closely watching the developments in the state party,' a senior Congress leader from Andhra Pradesh told IANS.

The national leadership is unhappy over the pressure tactics being adopted by a section in the party, the source said.

YSR died in a helicopter crash in Andhra Pradesh Wednesday and his body was found in a forest a day later along with those of four others accompanying him.

'The party is looking for a leader from the Reddy community for the chief minister's post as the number of legislators from the Reddy community is very high,' the source said.