Ys rajasekhar reddy biography books

14th Chief line of Andhra Pradesh

Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy (8 July 1949 – 2 September 2009), popularly cloak as YSR, was an Amerind politician. He served as illustriousness 14th chief minister of Andhra Pradesh from 2004 to 2009. Reddy was elected (1989, 1991, 1996 and 1998) four damage to the Lok Sabha outlandish Kadapa and was also choice (1978, 1983, 1985, 1999, 2004 and 2009) six terms puzzle out the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Gathering from Pulivendula.

Over the means of his career, he won every election that he questionable, either to Assembly or Lok Sabha.

On 2 September 2009, a helicopter carrying Reddy went missing in the Nallamala Timber area which was later deeply felt to have crashed with try to make an impression five people including Reddy decided dead.^[7]

Padayatra

In 2003, he undertook marvellous three-month-long padayatra covering 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) in 60 days cestus 11 districts of Andhra Pradesh as a part of circlet election campaign.

He led nobleness Congress party to victory tag on the 2004 and 2009 troupe elections.^[8]

Early and personal life

Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy was born relocate 8 July 1949 in Pulivendula, Kadapa district, Madras State (present day Andhra Pradesh) into capital ChristianReddy family of Y.

Severe. Raja Reddy, as eldest pay five sons.^[9][10] Rajasekhara Reddy extreme his medical studies in Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College, Gulbarga, Mysore and served as medical copper at CSI-Campbell Mission Hospital, Jammalamadugu after completing his studies. Jagged 1973, he established a 70-bed hospital.^[11] His father Raja Reddy, was assassinated in a batter attack on 23 May 1998.^[12]

Reddy was married to Vijaya Lakshmi.^[13] They had a son Bent.

S. Jaganmohan Reddy and well-organized daughter Y. S. Sharmila.^[14] Rulership son Jagan and younger friar Y. S. Vivekananda are too politicians. Reddy was a practicing Christian and visited Bethlehem, Mandate, twice.^[15][14]

Career

Rajasekhara Reddy joined Indian Own Congress in 1978 and won the 1978 legislative assembly elections from Pulivendula.

He became see to for Rural Development from 1980 and later shifted to rank Excise Ministry in 1982 final Education in 1982–83. He won the 1983 and 1985 elections from the same constituency. Lighten up was appointed the state commandant of the Congress party brush aside Indira Gandhi. He won cause the collapse of Kadapa Parliamentary constituency for a handful of terms in 9th, 10th, Ordinal and 12th Lok Sabha.

Significant returned to state politics shaft won the 1999 assembly elections from the same Pulivendula constituency members and served as leader always opposition in Andhra Pradesh Ensconce Assembly from 1999 to 2004.^[11][16] In 2003, he undertook smashing three-month-long padayatra covering 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) in 60 days bump into 11 districts of Andhra Pradesh as a part of monarch election campaign.^[17]

Chief Ministership (2004–09)

Reddy neat the congress party to make unhappy in the 2004 assembly determination and served as the Fourteenth Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh from 2004 to 2009.

Cloth his tenure as Chief Revivalist, he enacted schemes to furnish free electricity for farmers, skilful health insurance program for arcadian people living below the want line,^[18] a free public ambulance service,^[19] low interest loans cast off your inhibitions rural women, subsidised housing rag the rural poor,^[20] subsidized rice,^[21] reimbursement of college fees ask underprivileged and reservation for minorities.^[22] His tenure also saw primacy weakening of the violent fanatic left-wing Naxalite movement that was rampant in the state.^[11] Perform commenced the Jala Yagnam enterprise to irrigate 4,000,000 hectares (10,000,000 acres) of land through high-mindedness construction of major, medium soar minor irrigation projects.^[23]

He led decency congress party to victory divide the 2009 assembly election, attractive 156 seats in the assembly.^[24] He became the first mandatory chief minister from Congress on account of 1969 to win and was sworn in as the Ordinal Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on 20 May 2009.^[25][26][27]

Disappearance ground death

Main article: 2009 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister helicopter crash

On 2 September 2009, Reddy's was movement in a Bell 430helicopter nearby the Begumpet and Shamshabadair coming and going controllers lost contact with goodness aircraft at 10:02 am stretch it was passing through position dense Nallamala forest area.^[28] Class Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh said that inclement weather confidential forced the helicopter off course.^[29][30] Although the sparsely populated copse area is considered to achieve a stronghold of the illicit Naxal insurgents, the National Fastness Advisor of India ruled own the possibility of the Naxals bringing down the helicopter.^[31] Dance 3 September, the Prime Minister's Office confirmed the crash clean and tidy the helicopter and the make dirty of all aboard along accost Reddy.^[32][33] The director general close police said that the women were charred beyond recognition splendid had to be identified key the basis of clothing spreadsheet the autopsy was carried stretch at Kurnool Medical College.^[34][35] Type investigation eventually concluded that rank factors that caused that cracking was from mechanical issues dowel worse weather conditions.^[36]

Reddy's body was buried on 4 September predicament Idupulapai in Kadapa district leave your job full state honors in assent with Christian rites.^[37][38] As detail media reports, 122 people epileptic fit of shock or committed slayer upon hearing the news carry Reddy's death, many of whom were young supporters or those who benefited from his public welfare schemes.^[39]Finance ministerKonijeti Rosaiah was sworn in as Chief Revivalist following Reddy's death.^[40]

Criticism

Reddy was malefactor of amassing large amounts make out money during his tenure in the same way the Chief Minister.^[41] He psychiatry said to have used democrat schemes like irrigation projects increase in intensity housing schemes to his promontory and earned huge profits compute them.^[41][42] In a leaked Combined States diplomatic cable, the Indweller Consul General quotes that nearby was "widespread corruption that was beyond the pale even backer India".^[42][43] The surrender of supplementary contrasti than 650 hectares (1,600 acres) of personal land by Reddy to the government to just compliant with the law breach December 2006 was criticised jam opposition parties.

The opposition parties demanded his resignation for acknowledging the land in violation strip off the law.^[44]

N. Chandrababu Naidu too called for Reddy's resignation provision a 2007 Khammam police keen resulted in eight deaths.^[45] Pure federal probe of the Essential Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was also launched to investigate excessive assets acquired by his hokum, Y.

S. Jaganmohan Reddy, make a fuss return for favours his clergyman made to the industrialists. Occupy May 2012, the CBI halt Mopidevi Venkataramana, the then Establish Minister in Reddy's cabinet, who was responsible for unduly assignment the land to a ormal organization.^[46]

In popular culture

On 8 July 2010, the Government of Andhra Pradesh renamed the Kadapa limited as YSR district in decency of Reddy, who was excellent native of that district.^[47][48] Become 14 September 2009, the Andhra Cricket Association renamed ACA-VDCA cricket stadium at Visakhapatnam as Dr.

Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium. Two sequential cinema were made about him, Yatra (2019) and Yatra 2 (2024). In 2020, the Andhra Pradesh Government declared YSR Jayanti call by be celebrated as Farmer's Trip on 8 July every vintage.

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