YSR , Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Death

YSR , Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Death

The Indian Air Force (IAF) Wednesday afternoon joined the search for a missing helicopter carrying Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, pressing four choppers into service, an official said.

`We have deployed four helicopters for the rescue mission. They include two Chetaks, besides one Mi-8 and one ALH (advanced light helicopter),` an IAF spokesman here said.

Addressing a press conference in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary Ramakant Reddy said the chief minister remains untraced after his helicopter went missing amid bad weather on Wednesday morning.

He said the government had not been in touch with the chief minister since 9.45 a.m.

`So far we have not been able to get any confirmation about the chief minister,` he said.

`It is possible that because of the strong winds and heavy rains, it may have landed in some unfamiliar area,` he said.

`If you land in an unfamiliar forest area, getting out will be very difficult,` he added.

YSR, as the chief minister is known, on Wednesday morning took off in the helicopter from Hyderabad. It went off the radar amid inclement weather.

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Chidambaram confirms YSR’s death - New Delhi: Officially confirming the death of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YSR Reddy and four other companions, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday said that the party shares the grief of CM’s family as well as of the others who died in the unfortunate chopper air crash.

"... We send our condolences to the families of YSR and the other four (who died in the helicopter crash)."

Talking to the media Chidambaram said that all the bodies were charred and the helicopter had disintegrated into pieces. He further said the bodies are still lying on the hillock and efforts are being made to retrieve them.

Chidambaram further said that Congress Working Committee will hold a meeting at 4 pm to condole the death of the CM.

"We are in deep mourning," he said, describing YSR, who led the Congress to a spectacular election victory in May this year, as "a tall leader".

Chidambaram said the helicopter had crashed on a hillock in Kurnool district but "it is not possible to say why it crashed. All that will have to be dealt with later".

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YSR's helicopter traced but fate remains uncertain

HYDERABAD: The helicopter carrying Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy has been traced in Nallamalla forests in Kurnool district Thursday morning, a defence official said around 24 hours after it went missing. However, the fate of the chief minister and four others still remain uncertain. Unconfirmed reports said the helicopter was mangled.

"We have located the helicopter. It is on top of a hill 40 nautical miles east of Kurnool. We are trying to find out if there are survivors," the official told reporters in Kurnool, in southern Andhra Pradesh.

The official was unable to say in what condition they found the helicopter, though sources in the home ministry said it seemed to have crashed and was mangled.

"We are not very sure whether it crashed or not," he said when asked if the chopper had crashed.

"Two Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters are over the location, orbiting there trying to find a place to land. Since it is a jungle and a hill it is difficult to land there," said the official identified as Wing Commander Bharat by a television channel.

Inspector General of Police Rajiv Trivedi, who is leading the ground search operations, has also confirmed that the missing chopper has been traced.

"We have received some information and we are going out to verify it. Other parties are also reaching there. God willing everything will be alright," he said.

Andhra Agriculture Minister Raghu Veera Reddy, speaking to TV news channel CNN-IBN, said the hilltop where the helicopter had been found was the site of a temple called Rudrakodur. He said searchers on the ground were having trouble reaching the spot because the terrain was very slushy, while the rescue helicopters were finding it difficult to land on the small hilltop. The densely forested area was covered in mist as well, though it had stopped raining.

The helicopter was traced 24 hours after it went missing in the dense Nallamalla forests in Kurnool district.

The helicopter, carrying the chief minister, his special secretary, chief security officer and two pilots, took off from Hyderabad at 8.35 a.m. Wednesday for Chittoor district. Around 9.45 a.m., the chopper lost contact with air traffic control.

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Hyderabad : The missing helicopter carrying Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy has been traced in Nallamalla forests in Kurnool district Thursday morning, a defence official said.

"We have located the helicopter. It is on top of a hill at a distance of 40 nautical miles east of Kurnool. We are trying to find out if there are survivors.



We are not sure if it has crashed or not," the official told reporters in Kurnool.

"Two Indian Air Force helicopters are over the location trying to find a place to land. Since it is a jungle it is difficult to land there," he said.

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YSR: A doctor with a finger on the public pulse

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HYDERABAD: A doctor by training, Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy, or YSR as he was popularly known, was known for his strong administrative
skills and whose second stint as chief minister of Andhra Pradesh this year broke a 53-year-old jinx for the Congress party.

This May, he became the first Congress chief minister since the state was formed in 1956 to complete a full five-year term and retain power in elections. The only other chief minister who achieved the fate was NT Rama Rao of Telugu Desam Party (TDP).

One of YSR's main achievements was subduing the ultra-left Naxalite insurgency in the state that had one time gripped 21 of its 23 districts. In the process, the People's War Group (PWG), once the dominant Maoist group in India, was crushed beyond recognition.

When he took over as chief minister for the first time on May 14, 2004 from N Chandrababu Naidu of TDP, it was a dream came true for YSR. The leader from the badlands of Rayalaseema had come up the hard way in his public life spanning three decades and emerged as one of the strongest leaders the Congress has produced in the state.

He has always been a winner. Elected to the state assembly for the fifth time, YSR is also a four-time Lok Sabha member and holds the record of never losing an election.

More than once he proved why he was more popular among masses with his fingers on the public pulse.

Popular as 'people's leader' among his followers, YSR tasted success despite facing a hostile poll campaign from both the TDP-led four party Grand Alliance and the Praja Rajyam Party of actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi.

YSR also emerged as one of the few leaders in the country to retain power beating the anti-incumbency factor. What has made his performance more creditable is the fact that he made no big promises and instead highlighted his performance versus the "poor credibility record" of his main rival N Chandrababu Naidu of TDP.

Banking on his performance and the numerous welfare schemes his government launched during the last five years, YSR retained power despite a three-cornered contest. The man who ran the Congress campaign on his shoulders emerged victorious in the face of hectic electioneering by top stars of the tinsel world in favour of TDP and Praja Rajyam.

Born to a Christian middle class family at Pulivendula, a small town in Kadapa district, on July 8, 1949, YSR made a modest beginning. Eldest of the five sons of YS Raja Reddy, a dynamic local leader in his heydays, he evinced interests in politics while studying at MR Medical College, Gulbarga, Karnataka.

After completing his MBBS, YSR served as medical officer at the Jammalamadugu Mission Hospital briefly. In 1973, he established a 70-bed charitable hospital.

He entered active politics in 1978 and was elected to the state assembly from Pulivendula. He served as state minister from 1980 to 1983 and retained the assembly seat in 1983 even when NTR swept to power with a historic victory.

Sensing a potential leader in him, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi appointed YSR president of the state unit of Congress when he was only 34.

In 1989, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from Kadapa and held the seat till 1999, when he shifted again to state politics. From 1998 to 2000, he again served as president of the state Congress.

Though the party lost the 1999 state elections, YSR emerged as the strongest leader of the party and became the leader of opposition.

The year 2003 was a turning point in his political career as he undertook a 64-day padyatra, or walkathon, across the state. Covering 1,500 km under the scorching sun, he received petitions from people about their problems, mainly relating to agriculture and unemployment.

It was this campaign and a strong anti-incumbency wave against Chandrababu Naidu's government which catapulted YSR to power.

His experiences during the padyatra helped him shape his policies after assuming office as he gave free electricity to farmers, waived their loans, introduced several welfare schemes like pension for the aged, widows and handicapped, housing for poor, Rs2-a-kg rice, Rajiv Arogyasri or community health insurance scheme and a massive programme to build irrigation projects.

Thanks to these initiatives, the Congress won 156 of Andhra Pradesh's 294 seats and bagged 33 of its 42 Lok Sabha seats this time.

In a message on Independence Day on Aug 15, Reddy said: "The state has witnessed tremendous growth in the past five years when compared to the growth that took place since independence. Our people are a happier lot and are embracing a bright future without any fears."

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