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Y.S. Rajasekhar reddy is the new chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. He is a very good person who killed Paritala Ravi recently.
{{Short description|14th chief minister of Andhra Pradesh}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
| image = YS_Rajasekhara_Reddy_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg
| caption = YSR Postal Stamp 2010<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/ysr-stamp-to-be-released-on-sept-2/articleshow/6389474.cms |title=YSR stamp to be released on Sept.2 |newspaper=The Times of India |date=22 August 2010 }}</ref>
| office = 14th [[List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh|Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh]]
| term_start = 14 May 2004<ref>https://www.rediff.com/election/2004/may/13ysr.htm</ref><ref>https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/ysr-swornin-as-andhra-cm-emerges-as-a-mass-leader/lite/</ref>
| term_end = 2 September 2009<ref>Rajasekhara Reddy, four others killed in helicopter crash - https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Rajasekhara-Reddy-four-others-killed-in-helicopter-crash/article16878911.ece</ref>
| governor =
* [[Surjit Singh Barnala]]
* [[Sushilkumar Shinde]]
* [[Rameshwar Thakur]]
* [[N. D. Tiwari]]
| subterm = '''Cabinet'''
| suboffice =
* [[First Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ministry|Reddy I]]
* [[Second Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ministry|Reddy II]]
| predecessor = [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]
| successor = [[Konijeti Rosaiah]]
{{Collapsed infobox section begin|Additional ministries}}
| 1blankname1 = [[First Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ministry|Ministry and Departments]]
| 1namedata1 =
* General Administration
* Law & Order
* Other departments not allocated to any Minister
| term_start1 = 14 May 2004
| term_end1 = 2 September 2009
| successor1 = [[Konijeti Rosaiah]]
{{Collapsed infobox section end}}
| office2 = 7th [[List of leaders of the opposition in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Leader of the Opposition<br> Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start2 = 11 October 1999<ref>https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/the-man-who-could-be-next-chief-minister-of-andhra/story-k7W885shXQInRCvoqnBy1H.html</ref>
| term_end2 = 13 May 2004
| governor2 =
* [[C. Rangarajan]]
* [[Surjit Singh Barnala]]
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata2 = [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]
| predecessor2 = [[P. Janardhan Reddy]]
| successor2 = [[N. Chandrababu Naidu]]
| office3 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start3 = 2 December 1989
| term_end3 = 26 April 1999
| predecessor3 = D. N. Reddy
| successor3 = [[Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy]]
| constituency3 = [[Kadapa (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kadapa]]
| office4 = 12th [[Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee|President of<br>Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee]]
| term_start4 = 1998
| term_end4 = 1999
| 1blankname4 = [[All India Congress Committee|AICC]] President
| 1namedata4 = [[Sonia Gandhi]]
| predecessor4 = [[Konijeti Rosaiah]]
| successor4 = [[Satyanarayana Rao]]
| term_start5 = 1983
| term_end5 = 1985
| 1blankname5 = [[All India Congress Committee|AICC]] President
| 1namedata5 =
* [[Indira Gandhi]]
* [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| predecessor5 = [[Gaddam Venkatswamy]]
| successor5 = [[Jalagam Vengala Rao]]
| office6 = [[T. Anjaiah|Minister of Excise,<br> Rural Development and Education]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.andhrafriends.com/topic/9951-rajasekhar-reddy-profile/ |title=Rajasekhar Reddy Profile |date=3 September 2009 }}</ref><br>[[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]
| term_start6 = 1980
| term_end6 = 1983
| governor6 = [[K. C. Abraham]]
| 1blankname6 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata6 =
* [[T. Anjaiah]]
* [[Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy]]
* [[Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy]]
| successor6 =
* Pusapati Ananda Gajapathi Raju
* Karanam Ramachandra Rao
* [[Thatiparthi Jeevan Reddy]]
| office7 = [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Member of Legislative Assembly]]<br>[[Andhra Pradesh]]
| term_start7 = 11 October 1999
| term_end7 = 2 September 2009
| predecessor7 = [[Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy]]
| successor7 = [[Y. S. Vijayamma]]
| constituency7 = [[Pulivendla (Assembly constituency)|Pulivendla]]
| term_start8 = 5 March 1978
| term_end8 = 28 November 1989
| predecessor8 = Penchikala Basi Reddy
| successor8 = [[Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy]]
| constituency8 = [[Pulivendla (Assembly constituency)|Pulivendla]]
| birth_name = Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy
| birth_date = {{birth date|1949|7|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Pulivendula]], [[Madras State]] (present-day [[Andhra Pradesh]]), India
| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|9|2|1949|7|8|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Nallamala Hills]], Andhra Pradesh, India
| death_cause = [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister helicopter crash|Helicopter crash]]
| resting_place = [[Kadapa district|YSR Ghat, Idupulapaya]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = [[Y.S. Vijayalakshmi]]<br/>(m.1971)
| children = [[Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy]] (son)<br />[[Y. S. Sharmila]] (daughter)
| father = Y. S. Raja Reddy
| relatives = [[Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy]] (brother)<br />[[Y. S. Avinash Reddy]] (nephew)
| education = [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|MBBS]]
| alma_mater = [[Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College]]
| profession = {{hlist|[[Physician]]|[[Politician]]}}
}}
'''Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy''' (8 July 1949 – 2 September 2009), popularly known as '''YSR''' was an Indian politician. He served as the [[List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh|14th chief minister]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]] from 2004 to 2009. Reddy was elected four (1989, 1991, 1996 and 1998) times to the [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Kadapa (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kadapa]] and to the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] for six (1978, 1983, 1985, 1999, 2004 and 2009) terms from the [[Pulivendla (Assembly constituency)|Pulivendula]], winning every election he contested.

On 2 September 2009, a helicopter carrying Reddy went missing in the [[Nallamala Forest]] area which was later confirmed to have crashed with all five people including Reddy pronounced dead.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Death-came-without-warning-for-YSR/articleshow/5187509.cms|title=Death came without warning for, YSR|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=2 November 2009|access-date=18 December 2019}}</ref>

== Padayatra ==
In 2003, he undertook a three-month-long [[padayatra]] covering {{convert|1500|km}} in 60 days across 11 districts of Andhra Pradesh as a part of his election campaign. He led the [[Indian National Congress|Congress party]] to victory in the [[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2004]] and [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2009 assembly elections]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/tragedies-dog-the-yeduguri-sandinti-family/article26568205.ece|title=Tragedies in Yeduguri Sandinti Family|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=21 March 2019|access-date=18 December 2019}}</ref>

==Early and personal life==
Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy was born on 8 July 1949 in [[Pulivendula]], [[Kadapa district]], [[Madras State]] (present day [[Andhra Pradesh]]) into a [[Christian]] [[Reddy]] family as eldest of five sons.<ref name="YSCKR">{{cite book|first1=Prasada|last1=Reddy|first2=T.|last2=Sivarama|title=An Autobiography of Y. S. Chinna Konda Reddy|publisher=Y. S. Prakash Reddy|location=Kadapa|year=2010|url=https://www.uecf.net/books/konda_reddy_english.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Srinivasulu|first=K|date=2009|title=Y S Rajasekhara Reddy: A Political Appraisal|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25663561|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=44|issue=38|pages=8–10|jstor=25663561|issn=0012-9976}}</ref> Rajasekhara Reddy completed his [[Medicine|medical studies]] in Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College, [[Gulbarga]], [[Karnataka]] and served as [[Physician|medical officer]] at [[Church of South India|CSI]]-Campbell Mission Hospital, [[Jammalamadugu]] after completing his studies. In 1973, he established a 70-bed hospital.<ref name="doctor">{{cite news|title=YSR: A doctor with a finger on the public pulse|url=http://archive.mid-day.com/news/2009/sep/030909-ysr-obituary.htm|access-date=25 October 2016|work=[[Mid-Day]]|publisher=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]]|date=3 September 2009|location=[[Hyderabad]]|archive-date=25 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725120216/http://archive.mid-day.com/news/2009/sep/030909-ysr-obituary.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> His father Raja Reddy, was [[Assassination|assassinated]] in a bomb attack on 23 May 1998.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Somasekhar|first=M.|date=18 March 2019|title=Tragedies dog the Yeduguri Sandinti family|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/tragedies-dog-the-yeduguri-sandinti-family/article26568205.ece|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422051756/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/tragedies-dog-the-yeduguri-sandinti-family/article26568205.ece|archive-date=22 April 2021|access-date=19 May 2021|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>

Reddy was married to [[Y. S. Vijayamma|Vijaya Lakshmi]].<ref>{{cite news|title=More cheap rice, free power|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/More-cheap-rice--free-power/463064|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=21 May 2009|access-date=12 June 2009}}</ref> They had a son [[Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy]] and a daughter [[Y. S. Sharmila]].<ref name="Pilgirm">{{cite news|title=YSR leaves for pilgrimage to Israel|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/004200905271081.htm|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=27 May 2009|access-date=3 June 2009}}</ref> His son Jagan and younger brother [[Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy|Y. S. Vivekananda]] are also politicians. Reddy was a practicing Christian and visited [[Bethlehem]], [[State of Palestine|Palestine]] twice.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sai|first=J S|date=7 September 1999|title=In Cuddapah, YSR is king|url=http://www.rediff.com/election/1999/sep/07ysr.htm|access-date=10 September 2009|publisher=Rediff}}</ref><ref name="Pilgirm"/> He also visited the Hindu temple of [[Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala|Tirupati]] regularly.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/a-christian-ysr-a-regular-at-tirumala/articleshow/4969168.cms|title=A Christian, YSR a regular at Tirumala|last=P Neelima|date=4 September 2009|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=5 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.livemint.com/2009/09/03230252/YS-Rajasekhara-Reddy--A-tiger.html?h=B|title=YS Rajasekhara Reddy : A tiger who will roar no more|first=Venkatesha|last=Babu|work=[[HT Media]]|access-date=5 September 2009}}</ref>

==Career==
Reddy joined [[Indian National Congress]] in 1978 and won the [[1978 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1978 elections]] from [[Pulivendla (Assembly constituency)|Pulivendula]]. He became minister for rural development from 1980 and later shifted to the Excise Ministry in 1982 and Education in 1982–83. He won the [[1983 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1983]] and [[1985 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1985]] elections from the same constituency. He was appointed the state president of the congress party by [[Indira Gandhi]]. He won from [[Kadapa (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kadapa constituency]] for four terms in [[9th Lok Sabha|9th]], [[10th Lok Sabha|10th]], [[11th Lok Sabha|11th]] and [[12th Lok Sabha]]. He returned to state politics and won the [[1999 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1999 assembly elections]] from the same Pulivendula constituency and served as leader of opposition in [[Andhra Pradesh State Assembly]] from 1999 to 2004.<ref name="doctor"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/21/stories/2009042160161400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424104837/http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/21/stories/2009042160161400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 April 2009|title=YSR's pocket borough|location=India|date=21 April 2009|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref> In 2003, he undertook a three-month-long [[padayatra]] covering {{convert|1500|km}} in 60 days across 11 districts of Andhra Pradesh as a part of his election campaign.<ref>{{cite news|title=YSR's padayatra to begin on April 9|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/ysrs-padayatra-to-begin-on-april-9/articleshow/42102373.cms|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=2 April 2003|access-date=1 December 2023}}</ref>

===Chief Ministership (2004-09)===
Reddy lead the congress party to victory in the [[2004 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2004 assembly election]] and served as the 14th [[Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh]] from 2004 to 2009. During his tenure as Chief Minister, he enacted schemes to provide [[free electricity for farmers]], a [[health insurance]] program for rural people living below the [[poverty line]],<ref>
{{cite news|title=YSR wants Arogyasree, 108 and 104 under one umbrella|url=http://expressbuzz.com/States/andhrapradesh/ysr-wants-arogyasree-108-and-104-under-one-umbrella/69101.html}}</ref> a free public ambulance service,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/06/stories/2009090653900400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908082713/http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/06/stories/2009090653900400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 September 2009|location=Chennai, India|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=108 service was YSR's brainchild|date=6 September 2009}}</ref> low interest loans to rural women, subsidised housing for the rural poor,<ref>{{cite report|url=http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTARD/EXTRURLIV/0,,contentMDK:22027188~pagePK:64168445~piPK:64168309~theSitePK:5097010,00.html#ComProf|title=Rural livelihoods – Andhra Pradesh Rural Poverty Reduction|publisher=World bank|access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref> subsidized rice,<ref>{{cite news|first=K.V.V.V.|last=Charya|title=Rs 2/kg rice to add Rs 3,000cr burden on Andhra coffers|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/rs-2-kg-rice-to-add-rs-3-000cr-burden-on-andhra-coffers/248572/|newspaper=The Financial Express |date=10 December 2007|access-date=28 May 2009}}</ref> reimbursement of college fees for underprivileged and reservation for minorities.<ref>{{cite news|title =NREGA: Andhra Pradesh shows the way|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/08/stories/2008090856271000.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911011228/http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/08/stories/2008090856271000.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 September 2008|location=Chennai, India|work =[[The Hindu]]|date=8 September 2008}}</ref> His tenure also saw the weakening of the violent extremist left-wing [[Naxalite]] movement that was rampant in the state.<ref name="doctor"/> He commenced the [[Jala Yagnam]] project to irrigate {{convert|10000000|acre|ha|order=flip}} of land through the construction of major, medium and minor irrigation projects.<ref>{{cite news|author=Ram Goginei|url=http://jalayagnam.org/index1.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108205434/http://jalayagnam.org/index1.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 November 2007|title=Jalayagnam in Andhra Pradesh, India|publisher=Jalayagnam.org|access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref>

He led the congress party to victory in the [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2009 assembly election]], winning 156 seats in the assembly.<ref>{{cite news|title=YSR's performance, credibility behind Congress magic in Andhra|url=http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=jfrrzrbabjh&title=YSR_s_performance_credibility_behind_Congress_magic_in_Andhra&tag=Ysr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209021520/http://www.sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=jfrrzrbabjh&title=YSR_s_performance_credibility_behind_Congress_magic_in_Andhra&tag=Ysr|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 December 2014|work=Sify}}</ref> He became the first incumbent chief minister from congress since 1969 to win and was sworn in as the 15th [[Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh]] on 20 May 2009.<ref>{{cite news|agency=PTI|date=3 September 2009|title=YSR: From aggressive politician to mass leader|language=en-IN|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/YSR-From-aggressive-politician-to-mass-leader/article16878912.ece|url-status=live|access-date=19 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620063938/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/YSR-From-aggressive-politician-to-mass-leader/article16878912.ece|archive-date=20 June 2023|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The tragedy and the trend|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-tragedy-and-the-trend/513157/3|date=5 September 2009|work=The Indian Express|location=India|access-date=10 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=YSR Reddy sworn-in as Andhra Pradesh CM|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage&id=4872e4d1-4b57-4793-acc9-1dd228fa3a13&Headline=YSR+Reddy+sworn-in+as+Andhra+Pradesh+CM|archive-url=https://archive.today/20090910034602/http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=HomePage&id=4872e4d1-4b57-4793-acc9-1dd228fa3a13&Headline=YSR+Reddy+sworn-in+as+Andhra+Pradesh+CM|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 September 2009|date=20 May 2009|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|access-date=21 May 2009 }}</ref>

==Disappearance and death==
{{Main|2009 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister helicopter crash}}
[[File:The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh paying homage at the mortal remains of the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, late Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh on September 04, 2009.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] paying homage at the mortal remains of Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]]

On 2 September 2009, Reddy's was traveling in a [[Bell 430]] [[helicopter]] and the [[Begumpet Airport|Begumpet]] and [[Rajiv Gandhi International Airport|Shamshabad]] [[air traffic control]]lers lost contact with the aircraft at 10:02 am while it was passing through the dense [[Nallamala Hills|Nallamala]] forest area.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Andhra-Pradesh-Chief-Minister-YS-Rajasekhara-Reddy-Missing/H1-Article1-449644.aspx|title=Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Missing|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=2 September 2009|access-date=23 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629213400/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Andhra-Pradesh-Chief-Minister-YS-Rajasekhara-Reddy-Missing/H1-Article1-449644.aspx|archive-date=29 June 2011 }}</ref> The [[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of Andhra Pradesh said that inclement weather had forced the helicopter off course.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/Politics/Nation/Bad-weather-forced-YSR-chopper-off-course/articleshow/4969820.cms|title=Bad weather forced YSR chopper off course|newspaper=[[The Economic Times]]|date=4 September 2009|access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/04/stories/2009090460961300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905062519/http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/04/stories/2009090460961300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 September 2009|title=Bell-430 deviated from flight path in bad weather|location=India|date=4 September 2009|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref> Although the sparsely populated forest area is considered to be a stronghold of the outlawed [[Naxalite|Naxal]] insurgents, the [[National Security Advisor (India)|National Security Advisor]] of India ruled out the possibility of the Naxals bringing down the helicopter.<ref>{{cite news|title=NSA rules out Naxal strike on YSR Reddy's chopper|url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/262051_NSA-rules-out-Naxal-strike-on-YSR-Reddy-s-chopper|date=2 September 2009|publisher=Press Trust of India|access-date=10 September 2009}}</ref> On 3 September, the [[Prime Minister's Office (India)|Prime Minister's Office]] confirmed the crash of the helicopter and the death of all aboard along with Reddy.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News/hyderabad/Andhra-Pradesh-plunges-into-gloom/Article1-449770.aspx|title=Andhra Pradesh plunges into gloom|date=3 September 2009|newspaper=The Hindustan Times|location=India|access-date=3 September 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906084640/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News/hyderabad/Andhra-Pradesh-plunges-into-gloom/Article1-449770.aspx|archive-date=6 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-03/india/28065464_1_ysr-reddy-helicopter-crash-y-s-rajasekhara-reddy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811072053/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-03/india/28065464_1_ysr-reddy-helicopter-crash-y-s-rajasekhara-reddy|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2011|title=PMO confirms death of Andhra CM|date=3 September 2009|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref> The [[Director general of police|Director General of Police]] said that the bodies were charred beyond recognition and had to be identified on the basis of clothing and the autopsy was carried out at [[Kurnool Medical College]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News/hyderabad/Charred-bodies-of-YSR-others-identified-by-clothes/Article1-449885.aspx|title=Charred bodies of YSR, others identified by clothes|newspaper=Hindustan Times|location=India|date=3 September 2009|access-date=23 May 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102191201/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News/hyderabad/Charred-bodies-of-YSR-others-identified-by-clothes/Article1-449885.aspx|archive-date=2 January 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-04/india/28100527_1_ysr-rudrakodur-m-malakondiah|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811072105/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-09-04/india/28100527_1_ysr-rudrakodur-m-malakondiah|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 August 2011|title=Autopsy conducted on YSR in Kurnool|date=4 September 2009|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=23 May 2011}}</ref> An investigation eventually concluded that the factors that caused that crash was from mechanical issues and worse weather conditions.<ref>{{Cite report|url=http://www.aponline.gov.in/Apportal/Downloads/R.K.%20TYAGI%20REPORT.pdf|title=Report on Accident to Andhra Pradesh|website=Andhra Pradesh Online Portal|access-date=11 May 2016|archive-date=22 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422040357/http://www.aponline.gov.in/Apportal/Downloads/R.K.%20TYAGI%20REPORT.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Reddy's body was buried on 4 September at Idupulapai in Kadapa district with full state honors in accordance with Christian rites.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dharur|first=Suresh|title=Farewell, 'King of Kadapa'|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090905/main1.htm|date=4 September 2009|work=Chandigarh Tribune|access-date=10 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=YSR buried with full state honours in native village|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ysr-buried-with-full-state-honours-in-native-village/511831/|date=3 September 2009|newspaper=The Indian Express|location=India|access-date=10 September 2009}}</ref> As per media reports, 122 people died of shock or committed suicide upon hearing the news of Reddy's death, many of whom were young supporters or those who benefited from his social welfare schemes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/over-100-die-after-ysrs-death-son-appeals-for-calm/100684-3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906224343/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/over-100-die-after-ysrs-death-son-appeals-for-calm/100684-3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 September 2009|title=Over 100 die after YSR's death in Andhra|publisher=IBN|date=5 September 2009|access-date=15 June 2012}}</ref> [[Finance minister|Finance Minister]] [[Konijeti Rosaiah]] was sworn in as Chief Minister following Reddy's death.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/news/videos/video_player.php?id=1153685|title=Finance Minister K Rosiah is caretaker CM|date=3 September 2009|publisher=NDTV|access-date=3 September 2009}}</ref>

==Criticism==
Reddy was accused of amassing large amounts of money during his tenure as the Chief Minister.<ref name="FP">{{cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/ysr-reddys-sheer-size-of-corruption-shocked-us-diplomats-85356.html|title=YSR's 'sheer size' of corruption shocked US diplomats|date=16 September 2011|work=First Post|access-date=11 May 2014}}</ref> He is said to have used populist schemes like irrigation projects and housing schemes to his advantage and earn huge profits through them.<ref name="FP" /><ref name="NDTV">{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/wikileaks-revelations/graft-during-ysr-rule-was-above-norm-in-india-wikileaks-133754|title=Graft during YSR rule was above norm in India: WikiLeaks|work=[[NDTV]]|access-date=11 May 2014}}</ref> In a leaked United States diplomatic cable, the American Consul General quotes that there was "widespread corruption that was beyond the pale even for India".<ref name="NDTV" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ysr-reddy-government-was-engaged-in-corruption-wikileaks/1/151014.html|title=YSR Reddy's government was engaged in corruption: WikiLeaks|work=[[India Today]]|access-date=11 May 2014}}</ref> The surrender of more than {{convert|1600|acre|order=flip}} of personal land by Reddy to the government 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=I've 1,000 acres more, says CM|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-12-19/hyderabad/27785352_1_acres-temple-land-patta-land|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106104406/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-12-19/hyderabad/27785352_1_acres-temple-land-patta-land|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 November 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|location=India|date=19 December 2006|access-date=26 May 2009}}</ref>

[[N. Chandrababu Naidu]] also called for Reddy's resignation after a 2007 [[Khammam]] police shooting resulted in eight deaths.<ref>{{cite news|title=Khammam police firing unfortunate, says Andhra CM|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/khammam-police-firing-unfortunate-says-andhra-cm/491832|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127045224/https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/khammam-police-firing-unfortunate-says-andhra-cm/491832|archive-date=27 November 2020|access-date=2020-11-19|work=Outlook}}</ref> A federal probe of the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] (CBI) was also launched to investigate disproportionate assets acquired by his son, [[Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy]], in return for favours his father made to the industrialists. In May 2012, the CBI arrested [[Mopidevi Venkataramana]], the then Infrastructure Minister in Reddy's cabinet, who was responsible for unduly assigning the land to a private organisations.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=smilDAEACAAJ|title=Raja of Corruption: Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh|date=2009|pages=56–92|language=en}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
On 8 July 2010, the [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]] renamed the Kadapa district as [[YSR district]] in honour of Reddy, who was a native of that district.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kadapa district to be named after YSR|url=http://newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/article439652.ece|newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]]|access-date=15 June 2012|date=18 June 2010|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304134802/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/article439652.ece|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Kadapa district to be named after YSR|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/04/stories/2009090458310100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905062329/http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/04/stories/2009090458310100.htm|url-status=dead |archive-date=5 September 2009|access-date=15 June 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=4 September 2009}}</ref> On 14 September 2009, the [[Andhra Cricket Association]] renamed ACA-VDCA cricket stadium at [[Visakhapatnam]] as [[Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium|Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium]]. Two sequential films were made about him, [[Yatra (2019 film)]] and [[Yatra 2]]. In 2020, the Andhra Pradesh Government declared YSR jayanti to be celebrated as Farmer's Day on 8 July every year.

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Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
YSR Postal Stamp 2010[1]
14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
In office
14 May 2004[2][3] – 2 September 2009[4]
Governor
Cabinet
Preceded byN. Chandrababu Naidu
Succeeded byKonijeti Rosaiah
Additional ministries
In office
14 May 2004 – 2 September 2009
Ministry and Departments
  • General Administration
  • Law & Order
  • Other departments not allocated to any Minister
Succeeded byKonijeti Rosaiah
7th Leader of the Opposition
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
11 October 1999[5] – 13 May 2004
Governor
Chief MinisterN. Chandrababu Naidu
Preceded byP. Janardhan Reddy
Succeeded byN. Chandrababu Naidu
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
2 December 1989 – 26 April 1999
Preceded byD. N. Reddy
Succeeded byY. S. Vivekananda Reddy
ConstituencyKadapa
12th President of
Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
1998–1999
AICC PresidentSonia Gandhi
Preceded byKonijeti Rosaiah
Succeeded bySatyanarayana Rao
In office
1983–1985
AICC President
Preceded byGaddam Venkatswamy
Succeeded byJalagam Vengala Rao
Minister of Excise,
Rural Development and Education[6]
Government of Andhra Pradesh
In office
1980–1983
GovernorK. C. Abraham
Chief Minister
Succeeded by
Member of Legislative Assembly
Andhra Pradesh
In office
11 October 1999 – 2 September 2009
Preceded byY. S. Vivekananda Reddy
Succeeded byY. S. Vijayamma
ConstituencyPulivendla
In office
5 March 1978 – 28 November 1989
Preceded byPenchikala Basi Reddy
Succeeded byY. S. Vivekananda Reddy
ConstituencyPulivendla
Personal details
Born
Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy

(1949-07-08)8 July 1949
Pulivendula, Madras State (present-day Andhra Pradesh), India
Died2 September 2009(2009-09-02) (aged 60)
Nallamala Hills, Andhra Pradesh, India
Cause of deathHelicopter crash
Resting placeYSR Ghat, Idupulapaya
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse(s)Y.S. Vijayalakshmi
(m.1971)
ChildrenY. S. Jaganmohan Reddy (son)
Y. S. Sharmila (daughter)
Parent
  • Y. S. Raja Reddy (father)
RelativesY. S. Vivekananda Reddy (brother)
Y. S. Avinash Reddy (nephew)
EducationMBBS
Alma materMahadevappa Rampure Medical College
Profession

Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy (8 July 1949 – 2 September 2009), popularly known as YSR was an Indian politician. He served as the 14th chief minister of Andhra Pradesh from 2004 to 2009. Reddy was elected four (1989, 1991, 1996 and 1998) times to the Lok Sabha from Kadapa and to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for six (1978, 1983, 1985, 1999, 2004 and 2009) terms from the Pulivendula, winning every election he contested.

On 2 September 2009, a helicopter carrying Reddy went missing in the Nallamala Forest area which was later confirmed to have crashed with all five people including Reddy pronounced dead.[7]

Padayatra

In 2003, he undertook a three-month-long padayatra covering 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) in 60 days across 11 districts of Andhra Pradesh as a part of his election campaign. He led the Congress party to victory in the 2004 and 2009 assembly elections.[8]

Early and personal life

Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy was born on 8 July 1949 in Pulivendula, Kadapa district, Madras State (present day Andhra Pradesh) into a Christian Reddy family as eldest of five sons.[9][10] Rajasekhara Reddy completed his medical studies in Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College, Gulbarga, Karnataka and served as medical officer at CSI-Campbell Mission Hospital, Jammalamadugu after completing his studies. In 1973, he established a 70-bed hospital.[11] His father Raja Reddy, was assassinated in a bomb attack on 23 May 1998.[12]

Reddy was married to Vijaya Lakshmi.[13] They had a son Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy and a daughter Y. S. Sharmila.[14] His son Jagan and younger brother Y. S. Vivekananda are also politicians. Reddy was a practicing Christian and visited Bethlehem, Palestine twice.[15][14] He also visited the Hindu temple of Tirupati regularly.[16][17]

Career

Reddy joined Indian National Congress in 1978 and won the 1978 elections from Pulivendula. He became minister for rural development from 1980 and later shifted to the Excise Ministry in 1982 and Education in 1982–83. He won the 1983 and 1985 elections from the same constituency. He was appointed the state president of the congress party by Indira Gandhi. He won from Kadapa constituency for four terms in 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Lok Sabha. He returned to state politics and won the 1999 assembly elections from the same Pulivendula constituency and served as leader of opposition in Andhra Pradesh State Assembly from 1999 to 2004.[11][18] In 2003, he undertook a three-month-long padayatra covering 1,500 kilometres (930 mi) in 60 days across 11 districts of Andhra Pradesh as a part of his election campaign.[19]

Chief Ministership (2004-09)

Reddy lead the congress party to victory in the 2004 assembly election and served as the 14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh from 2004 to 2009. During his tenure as Chief Minister, he enacted schemes to provide free electricity for farmers, a health insurance program for rural people living below the poverty line,[20] a free public ambulance service,[21] low interest loans to rural women, subsidised housing for the rural poor,[22] subsidized rice,[23] reimbursement of college fees for underprivileged and reservation for minorities.[24] His tenure also saw the weakening of the violent extremist left-wing Naxalite movement that was rampant in the state.[11] He commenced the Jala Yagnam project to irrigate 4,000,000 hectares (10,000,000 acres) of land through the construction of major, medium and minor irrigation projects.[25]

He led the congress party to victory in the 2009 assembly election, winning 156 seats in the assembly.[26] He became the first incumbent chief minister from congress since 1969 to win and was sworn in as the 15th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on 20 May 2009.[27][28][29]

Disappearance and death

Main article: 2009 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister helicopter crash
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh paying homage at the mortal remains of Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy

On 2 September 2009, Reddy's was traveling in a Bell 430 helicopter and the Begumpet and Shamshabad air traffic controllers lost contact with the aircraft at 10:02 am while it was passing through the dense Nallamala forest area.[30] The Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh said that inclement weather had forced the helicopter off course.[31][32] Although the sparsely populated forest area is considered to be a stronghold of the outlawed Naxal insurgents, the National Security Advisor of India ruled out the possibility of the Naxals bringing down the helicopter.[33] On 3 September, the Prime Minister's Office confirmed the crash of the helicopter and the death of all aboard along with Reddy.[34][35] The Director General of Police said that the bodies were charred beyond recognition and had to be identified on the basis of clothing and the autopsy was carried out at Kurnool Medical College.[36][37] An investigation eventually concluded that the factors that caused that crash was from mechanical issues and worse weather conditions.[38]

Reddy's body was buried on 4 September at Idupulapai in Kadapa district with full state honors in accordance with Christian rites.[39][40] As per media reports, 122 people died of shock or committed suicide upon hearing the news of Reddy's death, many of whom were young supporters or those who benefited from his social welfare schemes.[41] Finance Minister Konijeti Rosaiah was sworn in as Chief Minister following Reddy's death.[42]

Criticism

Reddy was accused of amassing large amounts of money during his tenure as the Chief Minister.[43] He is said to have used populist schemes like irrigation projects and housing schemes to his advantage and earn huge profits through them.[43][44] In a leaked United States diplomatic cable, the American Consul General quotes that there was "widespread corruption that was beyond the pale even for India".[44][45] The surrender of more than 650 hectares (1,600 acres) of personal land by Reddy to the government 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.[46]

N. Chandrababu Naidu also called for Reddy's resignation after a 2007 Khammam police shooting resulted in eight deaths.[47] A federal probe of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was also launched to investigate disproportionate assets acquired by his son, Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy, in return for favours his father made to the industrialists. In May 2012, the CBI arrested Mopidevi Venkataramana, the then Infrastructure Minister in Reddy's cabinet, who was responsible for unduly assigning the land to a private organisations.[48]

In popular culture

On 8 July 2010, the Government of Andhra Pradesh renamed the Kadapa district as YSR district in honour of Reddy, who was a native of that district.[49][50] On 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 films were made about him, Yatra (2019 film) and Yatra 2. In 2020, the Andhra Pradesh Government declared YSR jayanti to be celebrated as Farmer's Day on 8 July every year.


Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy family
Y. S. GangammaY. S. Venkat ReddyY. S. Mangamma
Y. S. Chinna KondareddyY. S. Pedda KondareddyY. S. SugunammaY. S. Prabhudas ReddyY. S. RatnammaY. S. Raja ReddyY. S. JayammaY. S. Purushottam ReddyY. S. Mary PuneetammaY. S. Kamalamma
Y. S. Rajasekhara ReddyY. S. VijayammaY. S. Sudheekar ReddyY. S. VidhyaJayaY. S. Ravindranath ReddyY. S. Vivekananda ReddyY. S. Soubhagyamma
Y. S. SharmilaBro. M. Anil KumarY. S. Jagan Mohan ReddyY. S. BharathiY. S. Viranica ReddyManchu VishnuY. S. SuneethaNarreddy Rajasekhar Reddy

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