DR. YEDUGURI SANDINTI RAJASEKHARA REDDY

DR. YEDUGURI SANDINTI RAJASEKHARA REDDY, popularly known as Y.S, is the most promising among his generation of politicians. He is known for his forth - right speech and frank approach. A conscientious congressman, YS is known as a warm blooded and cool-headed mass leader. Honesty is not a virtue that was cultivated by him for years; it is his second nature. To state the truth, it never paid him any dividends to be out spoken. Instead it resulted otherwise. Despite being put to heavy political losses many a time Y.S. prefers to stick on to his guileless attitude. This is the quality that demarcates him from he rest!
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:: His Background ::
Dr. Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy hails from Pulivendula, a small town from Cuddapah district of the backward Rayala Seema region. He comes from a family, which stood for the cause of the downtrodden masses for generations daring the wrath of feudal lords of Cuddapah district. His father Late Y.S.RAJAREDDY was known for his dare-devilish temperament and mercurial dynamism as a leader of the forlorn masses. YSR inherited these qualities from his father to emerge as a darling of the deprived in our State.
:: His Legacy ::
Second son of Sri Raja Reddy, YSR – born on Eighth of July 1949 - was a natural heir to his father’s legacy. His father had always been a source of inspiration for YSR since his childhood. It was none other than Sri Raja Reddy who led YSR into active politics. If YSR had any role model in his earlier days it was his father. His brutal murder in 1998 inflicted a deep injury and left a dark scar on YSR’s heart.
:: Disciplinarian to the core ::
YSR, a disciplinarian to the core, gets up in the early hours and prepares himself for the grueling long day stretching for 16-17 hours. A health and hygiene conscious person he is, YSR is very particular about physical culture, yoga and meditation. A weightlifter in his student days, his strong conviction is “ A sound soul in a sound body ”. YSR keeps on to his appointments on the dot while he never spared any one for complacence in this regard. Not many people know that YSR is keenly interested in reading fiction in English. His favourite author is Mario Puzo, the creator of epoch making novel “ God Father”. He has a particular liking for light-reading material. He complains to his friends against his being deprived of the pleasure of reading. But everything has its place in the disciplinarian’s world.
:: Family Life ::
YSR is married to Smt.Vijayalakshmi in1971 and is blessed with a son and a daughter. A proud grand-dad he is, YSR enjoys the company of his grand children to the brim – needless to mention here that he rarely finds any time to spare for his family members. His busy schedule hardly allows him to steal a few moments for his family. YSR’s son emerged a successful entrepreneur to the utmost pleasure of his father. Son Jagan Mohana Reddy, daughter-in-law Bharathi, their children, daughter Sharmila, son-in-law Anil Kumar and their children enjoy a very special place in YSR’s world.
:: Education and Career ::
YSR is graduated in medical science from M.R.COLLEGE OF GULBARGA. He did his House-Surgeoncy in SV Medical college, Tirupathy. After completing MBBS, he served as Medical Officer at CSI Campbell Hospital, Jammalamadugu for a brief period. In 1973 he established a 70-bed charitable hospital at Pulivendula in the name of Sri Y. S. Raja Reddy. The hospital continues to serve the poor till today. His family established a Polytechnic and a degree college in Pulivendula, which were later handed over to the well-known Loyola institutions. Besides these, YSR's family established many more educational and training centers in and around Pulivendula. Raveendranatha Elementary and High School must be mentioned first. And YS family also established a Junior college for girls in memory of Sri Venkata Reddy, grand father of YSR.Y.S. Raja Reddy ITI in Pulivendula and Y.S. Raja Reddy junior college in Simhadri Puram were also established subsequently Born on July 8, 1949, Dr.YSR is into active politics since a quarter of a century and has been representing his party on different fora. He was elected to Loksabha fromCuddapah constituency for four times and got elected to A.P. Assembly for four times from Pulivendula constituency. He remains the one of those very few politicians around who never lost an election.
:: Other Accomplishments ::
Getting Tungabhadra water for Pulivendla Branch Canal (PBC), though to a small extent, was his first achievement as MLA. Objective of PBC is to cater to wet-cum-dry irrigation of about 55000 acres, which can be safely said, the dream of Pulivendla taluk.Assessing properly the insufficient source for PBC, YSR fought for Chitravathi Balancing Reservoir (CBR) with a capacity of 5 TMC and could successfully get it sanctioned and got the diaphragm wall built during Congress regime. He organized a movement to enhance the capacity of CBR and got sanctioned 10 TMC capacity CBR during congress regime. He got a comprehensive drinking water scheme that can cater to the needs of 176 villages in Pulivendla constituency. Former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao laid the foundation for this scheme. Thanks to this scheme not less than 80 villages are getting water during all seasons. Wherever the need for drinking water or irrigation water arises, you find YSR there. Former Chief Minister of A.P Sri. N.T. Rama Rao took cue from the Rayalaseema agitation for water under the leadership of YSR and laid foundations for Telugu Ganga project, Srisailam Right Branch Canal, Galeru Nagari canal, & Gandikota reservoir. YSR’s personal contribution in realizing projects like RTPP (Rayalaseema Thermal Power Plant) at Muddanur, and Proddatur Milk Foods and its ancillaries, Milk chilling plants at various locations are always remembered. For Pulivendla plant, YSR’s family members donated 5 acres of land. His positive intervention intoprojects like laying Yerraguntla-Nandyal railway line, and Chittoor – Kurnool national Highway resulted in their expedited implementation .
:: His follower's Leader ::
The most important quality that marks YSR a distinct leader is his attitude to his followers. He has always been his cadre’s leader. He was not enforced upon his ranks; it is those grass-root level Party workers cutting across the regions, castes, communities and groups, who chose him to be their leader. Followers’ being loyal to their leaders is a regular stereotype; but a leader of YSR’s stature honouring his followers’ word with a religious fervour is certainly a rarity.

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