Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy

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Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
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14th Chief Minister of province
In office
14 might a pair of004 – 2 Sep 2009
Preceded by N. Chandrababu Naidu
Succeeded by Konijeti Rosaiah
Constituency Pulivendula
Personal details
Born 8 Gregorian calendar month 1949
Pulivendula, Madras State, India
(now in province, India)
Died 2 Sep 2009 (aged 60)
Andhra Pradesh, India
Political party Indian National Congress
Spouse(s) Y.S. Vijayalakshmi
Children Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
Y. S. Sharmila
Religion Church of South Asian nation (Anglican)
Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara (8 Gregorian calendar month 1949 – a pair of Sep 2009), popularly referred to as YSR, was a betray Chief Minister of the Indian state of province, serving from 2004 to 2009.

YS was elective  to the ninth, 10th, 11th, and twelfth Lok Sabha from the Kadapa body for four terms and to the province Assembly for 5 terms from the Pulivendula body. He won each election he contested . In 2003 he undertook a three-month-long paadayaatra, or walking tour of 1475 kilometer throughout the very popular summer months, across many districts in province as an area of his election campaign. He LED his party to ending within the following general and assembly elections control in 2004, and did constant in 2009.

On a pair of Sep 2009, a eggbeater carrying YS went missing within the Nallamala forest space. consecutive morning media reportable that the eggbeater part had been found on prime of Rudrakonda Hill, forty transport miles (74 km) from Kurnool. The 5 folks aboard were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.

Personal life

YS was married to Vijaya Hindu deity (Y. S. Vijayamma). they'd one son, politician Y. S. Jagan Mohan, and one girl, Y. S. Sharmila. YS's younger brother Y. S. Vivekananda is additionally a Congress (I) politician.

YSR's folks were devout Christians, as was YS, UN agency was buried in step with Christian rites.YS visited Bethlehem and alternative traditionally necessary Christian places in Israel doubly. He additionally visited the Hindu temple of Tirupati frequently.

Positions control

Minister of State for rural development (1980–82)
Excise Minister (1982)
Education Minister (1982–83)
Leader of Opposition, state State Assembly (1999–2004)
Chief Minister of state (2004–2009)
Chief Minister of state (20-May-2009 To two Sept 2009)
Chief Minister
During his tenure as Chief Minister, the govt of state undertook the subsequent projects:

On the primary day of his tenure in 2004, he provided free electricity for farmers, a campaign project.
A insurance program for rural individuals living below the poverty level (white card holders), called Rajiv Arogya Shree, was instituted to pay the whole price of any necessary surgery up to a most of Rs.200,000.

A free public auto service was originally started by Satyam so adopted by state.
The Pavala Vaddi program provided loans at third interest to encourage little businesseses and entrepreneurship by rural girls.

Indiramma illu was a program began to construct heavily subsidized housing for the agricultural poor.
A rice theme provided a kilo of rice for 2 rupees to cut back hunger. The minimum support value for rice was additionally raised.

Full compensation of school tuition for the underprivileged  and reservations for minorities were instituted.

The main stress throughout YSR's tenure was on financial aid with a majority of his comes targeted at reducing rural poorness. except these schemes, his government was a job model in implementing the central government's flagship program NREGA.

His tenure additionally saw vital weakening of the violent extremist left-of-center Naxalite movement that was rampant within the state once he assumed workplace in 2004.

Other projects

The Jala Yagnam project was began to irrigate ten,000,000 acres of land through the development of major, medium and minor irrigation comes. It helped state create vital progress in property agriculture by creating wastelands tillable.

2009 election

YSR's major campaign shibboleth for the 2009 election was "Development and Credibility". He sought-after a mandate supported past performance, creating no new election guarantees however vowing to continue and extend current schemes. The opposition parties fashioned a 'Grand alliance' (mahakootami) created from all the foremost opposition parties together with, Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and therefore the communist parties. The TDP secure varied inducements together with free color televisions and a novel money transfer theme (CTS). There was additionally a replacement party, Praja Rajyam Party (PRP), floated by a preferred screen actor Chiranjeevi.

The Congress Party underneath the leadership of YS won the competition and came to power for a second time, winning 156 seats within the assembly (148 would be a straightforward majority). YSR's party additionally won thirty three seats in parliament out of a complete of forty two seats. This effort was seen as a major ending for YSR, since he was ready to earn a second consecutive term against the chances of anti-incumbency.He became the Congress party’s initial incumbent chief minister since 1969 to win supported his performance.

YSR was sworn in because the Chief Minister for the term of twenty09–2014 on 20 might 2009. The ceremony was control in Hyderabad's Lal Bahadur Shastri arena and was attended by a crowd of concerning twenty,000 people.

Controversies

The surrender of quite one,600 acres (6.5 km2) of private land by YS to the govt to be compliant with the law in December 2006 was criticised by opposition parties. The opposition parties demanded his resignation for owning the land in violation of the law.Naidu additionally caught up YS's resignation when a 2007 Khammam police shooting resulted in eight deaths.[citation needed]

Death

Main article: 2009 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister chopper crash
YS's Bell 430 chopper went missing on Wednesday, two Sept 2009 at 9:35 am. Begumpet and Shamshabad traffic controllers lost contact with the craft at 10:02 am whereas it absolutely was passing through the dense Nallamala forest space. The cabinet minister of Andhra Pradesh, P. Ramakanth Reddy, same that inclement weather had forced the chopper off beam. though the sparsely inhabited forest space is taken into account to be a defensive structure of the illegal Naxal communist insurgents, the National Security consultant of Bharat dominated out the chance of the Naxals delivery down the chopper.

The Indian Prime Minister's workplace confirmed the helicopter's crash on the morning of three Sept and also the death of all aboard, together with YSR, his special secretary P. Subrahmanyam, chief security officer A. S. C. Wesley, senior pilot S. K. Bhatia and Captain M. S. Reddy.The Director General of Police same that the bodies of YS et al were burn on the far side recognition and had to be known on the premise of article of clothing.The autopsy of all the bodies was administered at Kurnool Medical faculty.

An investigation eventually complete that the factors that caused that crash enclosed a drag with the transmission pressure system that distracted the crew from the worsening weather for over six minutes. it absolutely was conjointly noted that the pilots of the chopper ne'er mentioned the inclementness, diverting, or returning to base.

YS's body was buried on four Sept at Idupulapai in Kadapa district with full state honours in accordance with Christian rites.

Aftermath

A Telugu station, NTV, according that as several as 122 folks died of shock or committed suicide upon hearing the news of YS's death, several of whom were young supporters or people who benefited from his welfare schemes. This wasn't, however, severally confirmed.

Finance Minister Konijeti Rosaiah was sworn in as Chief Minister following YS's death.

Six months once his death, YS's son Jagan began a acknowledgment tour (Odarpu Yatra) to satisfy the families of these World Health Organization either allegedly committed suicide or died of shock once hearing of the death of his father. The Congress party's central leadership directed Jagan to decision off the Odarpu Yatra, however he refused. The tour was fortunate and established Jagan as a significant political force in state politics. He resigned from the Congress party on twenty nine Gregorian calendar month 2010 and declared on seven Gregorian calendar month 2010 from Pulivendula that he would be beginning a replacement party inside forty five days. On sixteen February the YSR Congress Party came into existence with Jagan as its president.

Elections for the seats left vacant attributable to the resignations of Jagan and Y. S. Vijayamma (YS's wife) were remained eight might 2011. Jagan and Vijayamma contested  the elections on behalf of the new shaped YSR Congress Party.

Jagan surpassed his father's 420,000 vote margin, securing 690,000 votes, or over sixty fifth. He attained 545,043 additional votes than his nearest rival, Health Minister D.L. Ravindra Reddy. Telugu Desam Party (TDP) politico M.V. Mysoora Reddy came in third with 129,000 votes. each rivals and thirty-nine independents lost their deposits. In Pulivendula, Vijayamma secured a record eighty one,373 votes margin, surpassing her husband's sixty eight,681 vote margin within the 2009 elections. Her nearest Congress rival and in-law Y.S. Vivekananda attained simply somewhat over twenty eight,000 votes. TDP candidate M. Ravindranath Reddy, with 12,000 votes, came in a very distant third. The nominees of those parties and twenty two independents couldn't retain their deposits.

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