Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy was born at Jammalamadugu Mission Hospital near Pulivendula, Andhra Pradesh. His Father and MotherY. S. Raja Reddy and Jayamma .His schooling was in Bellary, He graduated with a degree in medical science from Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College, Gulbarga University, Karnataka and completed his House Surgeonship at S.V. Medical College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. He was the elected leader of the House Surgeon's Association at S.V. Medical College, Tirupati.
PERSONAL LIFE
Y S R Rajashekar reddy was married to Vijaya Lakshmi. They have a son, Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, a politician, and a daughter, Sharmila. His younger brother Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy is also an INC politician.
CAREER
In 1978 he contested from pulivendula on Reddy Congress Party and won the elections, Later he joined in Indira Congress.From 1980 to 1983 he was a minister holding important portfolios related to Rural Development, Medical Health and Education under T.Anjaiah Cabinet. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Kadapa constituency four times and was elected to the Andhra Pradesh State Assembly six times from Pulivendula constituency. Reddy was the leader of the opposition in the Andhra Pradesh State Assembly for five years. As an MLA he was influential in obtaining water from the Tungabhadra River for the Pulivendula Branch Canal and fought for projects like Rayalaseema Thermal Power Plant at Muddanur and Proddatur Milk Foods and its ancillaries
Positions held
Minister of State for rural development (1980 to82)
Excise Minister (1982)
Education Minister (1982to83)
Leader of Opposition, Andhra Pradesh State Assembly (1999 to 2004)
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (2004 to 2009)
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (20-May-2009 To 2 September 2009)
Chief Minister
On the first day of his tenure in 2004, he provided free electricity for farmers, a campaign project.A health insurance program for rural people living below the poverty line, known as Rajiv Arogya Shree, was instituted to pay the entire cost of any necessary surgery up to a maximum of Rs.200,000.A free public ambulance service was originally started by Satyam and then adopted by Andhra Pradesh.The Pavala Vaddi program provided loans at 3 percent interest to encourage small businesseses and entrepreneurship by rural women.Indiramma illu was a program started to construct heavily subsidised housing for the rural poor.A rice scheme provided a kilogram of rice for two rupees to reduce hunger. The minimum support price for rice was also raised.
Full reimbursement of college tuition for the underprivileged and reservations for minorities were instituted.
The main emphasis during YSR's tenure was on social welfare with a majority of his projects targeted at reducing rural poverty. Apart from these schemes, his government was a role model in implementing the central governments flagship program NREGA.His tenure also saw significant weakening of the violent extremist left wing Naxalite movement that was rampant in the state when he assumed office in 2004
PADAYATRA
In 2003, he led a 1400 km long Padayatracovering some of the backward areas in the state to understand the ground realities and living conditions of the people there and gave life to the Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh. As a novice in the legislature, Reddy rallied all the Congress MLAs from the Rayalaseema region and led an indefinite hunger strike demanding solution to the water crisis. He also led a paadayaatra from Lepakshi to Pothireddipadu in Kurnool district. This paadayaatra lead the congress party to a land slide victory in the assembly elections in 2004 when he won 186 seats in the state assembly.
Death
Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy Bell 430 helicopter went missing on Wednesday, 2 September 2009 at 9:35 am. 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. The Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh, P. Ramakanth Reddy, said that inclement weather had forced the helicopter off course. Although the sparsely populated forest area is considered to be a stronghold of the outlawed Naxal communist insurgents, the National Security Advisor of India ruled out the possibility of the Naxals bringing down the helicopter.
The Indian Prime Minister's Office confirmed the helicopters crash on the morning of 3 September and the death of all aboard, including YSR, his special secretary P. Subrahmanyam, chief security officer A. S. C. Wesley, Group Captain S. K. Bhatia and Captain M. S. Reddy. The Director General of Police said that the bodies of YS and others were charred beyond recognition and had to be identified on the basis of clothing. The autopsy of all the bodies was carried out at Kurnool Medical College.
An investigation eventually concluded that the factors that caused that crash included a problem with the transmission oil pressure system that distracted the crew from the worsening weather for more than six minutes. It was also noted that the pilots of the helicopter never discussed the bad weather, diverting, or returning to base.
Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddys body was buried on 4 September at Idupulapai in Kadapa district with full state honours in accordance with Christian rites.
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