Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy

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On 2 September 2009, a helicopter carrying Reddy went missing in the Nallamala Forest area. It was later confirmed to have crashed with all five people including Reddy pronounced dead.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Padayatra

In 2003, he undertook a three-month-long padayatra covering Template:Convert 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</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 of Y. S. Raja Reddy, as eldest of five sons.<ref name="YSCKR">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> 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.<ref name="doctor">Template:Cite news</ref> His father Raja Reddy, was assassinated in a bomb attack on 23 May 1998.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Reddy was married to Vijaya Lakshmi.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> They had a son Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy and a daughter Y. S. Sharmila.<ref name="Pilgirm">Template:Cite news</ref> His son Jagan and younger brother Y. S. Vivekananda are also politicians. Reddy was a practicing Christian and visited Bethlehem, Palestine, twice.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Pilgirm"/>

Career

Rajasekhara Reddy joined Indian National Congress in 1978 and won the 1978 legislative assembly 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 Parliamentary constituency for four terms in 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Lok Sabha. During his decade-long tenure, his constituencies were well developed with Concrete Roads and drinking water taps in almost every streets.<ref name="m.rediff.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Over the two decades of his career, His family ran several colleges in Pulivendla but the institutions were eventually handed over to Loyola College as no one in the family had time to run them.<ref name="m.rediff.com"/>

Leader of the Opposition (1999-2004)

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.<ref name="doctor"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Always clad in dhoti in Andhra style, YSR is an expert in rural economy.<ref>Always clad in dhoti in Andhra style, YSR is an expert in rural economy.</ref> In 2003, he undertook a three-month-long padayatra covering Template:Convert in 60 days across 11 districts of Andhra Pradesh as a part of his election campaign.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Lead the state-wide campaign yatras, he mobilised people's support in these marches for the party in the face of a hi-tech campaign and media blitzkrieg by the ruling party. It was now or never for Reddy.<ref name="hindustantimes.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He had declared that he would quit politics if the Congress failed to return to power in the state. His close aides said he always had the ambition of becoming chief minister.<ref name="hindustantimes.com"/> In a protest against assassination plot for then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Nara Chandrababu Naidu, He underscored the point that the State bureaucracy had become complacent.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Chief Ministership (2004–09)

Reddy led 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,<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead link</ref> a free public ambulance service,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> low interest loans to rural women, subsidised housing for the rural poor,<ref>Template:Cite report</ref> subsidized rice,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> reimbursement of college fees for underprivileged and reservation for minorities.<ref>Template:Cite news</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 Template:Convert of land through the construction of major, medium and minor irrigation projects.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Aarogyasri Scheme

Apart from the last three 5 year plans, which advocated PPP in health-care, other factors led to starting of Aarogyasri in AP. Jayati Ghosh committee<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> on the farmer's suicide in AP brought out the precarious health conditions due to economic distress in the agriculture sector and suggested free care of the poor by the private hospitals, which have benefitted from state subsidies. These recommendations of the report became convenient support to him, being a medical doctor himself, to provide this innovative health-care scheme for all, through corporate hospitals. Earlier CM relief fund had spent Rs. 168.52 crores to help 55,362 below the poverty line (BPL) patients needing hospitalization. Simultaneously, Dalit movement highlighted problems of young children with heart ailments in the state. Soon, He announced free heart surgeries for these children, by August 2006, 4600 children were operated under the CM relief fund. This magnanimous gesture set the stage for Aarogyasri scheme.

Second term as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (2009)

He led the congress party to victory in the 2009 assembly election, winning 156 seats in the assembly.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He became the first incumbent chief minister from Congress since 1969 (after Kasu Brahmananda Reddy in 1969) to win and was sworn in as the 15th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on 20 May 2009.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He termed the results the "people's victory" and vowed to continue welfare and development schemes, especially construction of irrigation project'.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Disappearance and death

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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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh said that inclement weather had forced the helicopter off course.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On 3 September, the Prime Minister's Office confirmed the crash of the helicopter and the death of all aboard along with Reddy.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> An investigation eventually concluded that the factors that caused that crash was from mechanical issues and worse weather conditions.<ref>Template:Cite report</ref>

Reddy's body was buried on 4 September at Idupulapaya in Kadapa district with full state honors in accordance with Christian rites.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</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>Template:Cite news</ref> Finance minister Konijeti Rosaiah was sworn in as Chief Minister following Reddy's death.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Criticism

Reddy was accused of amassing large amounts of money during his tenure as the Chief Minister.<ref name="FP">Template:Cite news</ref> He is said to have used populist schemes like irrigation projects and housing schemes to his advantage and earned huge profits through them.<ref name="FP" /><ref name="NDTV">Template:Cite news</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>Template:Cite news</ref> The surrender of more than Template:Convert 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>Template:Cite news</ref>

N. Chandrababu Naidu also called for Reddy's resignation after a 2007 Khammam police shooting resulted in eight deaths.<ref>Template:Cite news</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 organization.<ref>Template:Cite book</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>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</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. Two sequential films were made about him, Yatra (2019) and Yatra 2 (2024). In 2020, the Andhra Pradesh Government declared YSR Jayanti to be celebrated as Farmer's Day on 8 July every year.

Election Statistics

	Year	Contested For	Party		Constituency	Opponent	Votes	Majority	Result	Reference
1	1978	MLA	Template:Full party name with color	Pulivendla	Devireddy Narayan Reddy (JP)	47,874 – 27,378	+20,496	Template:WON	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2	1983		Yeddula Bali Reddy (IND)		47,256 – 33,889	+13,367	Template:WON	<ref name="resultuniversity.com"/>
3	1985		Devi Reddy Sadasiva Reddy (TDP)		61,048 – 30,206	+30,842	Template:WON	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
4	1989	MP	Kadapa	M. V. Ramana Reddy (TDP)	4,80,524 – 3,13,772	+1,66,752	Template:WON	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
5	1991			Chennamsetty Ramachandraiah (TDP)	5,83,953 – 1,65,028	+4,18,925	Template:WON	<ref name="Cuddapah Lok Sabha Election Result"/>
6	1996			Kandula Raja Mohan Reddy (TDP)	3,68,611- 3,63,166	+5,445	Template:WON	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
7	1998			Kandula Raja Mohan Reddy (TDP)	3,74,762 – 3,20,881	+53,881	Template:WON	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
8	1999	MLA	Pulivendla	Singa Reddy Satish Kumar Reddy(TDP)	62,019 – 32,010	+30,009	Template:WON	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
9	2004			Singa Reddy Satish Kumar Reddy (TDP)	74,432 – 33,655	+40,777	Template:WON	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
10	2009			Singa Reddy Satish Kumar Reddy (TDP)	1,03,556 – 34,875	+68,681	Template:WON	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>