Monday, September 7, 2009
Death of a populist
The wreckage of the aircraft and the bodies were recovered Sept. 3. "The aircraft is broken up into several parts and is charred, the bodies are also charred," Home Minister P.Chidambaram, who headed the search operation, said in New Delhi.
Reddy's body was brought to the state capital by an Air Force helicopter and taken in a funeral procession first to Gandhi Bhavan, the state headquarters of the Congress Party in Nampally, and then to the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, where members of the public gathered to pay their respects.
Known as the "people's leader," Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy, called YSR by supporters, was the architect of his party's comeback in Andhra Pradesh, winning the elections in 2004.
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Reddy's body was brought to the state capital by an Air Force helicopter and taken in a funeral procession first to Gandhi Bhavan, the state headquarters of the Congress Party in Nampally, and then to the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, where members of the public gathered to pay their respects.
Known as the "people's leader," Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy, called YSR by supporters, was the architect of his party's comeback in Andhra Pradesh, winning the elections in 2004.
To read the full article, click here...
To read the ePaper, visit: http://www.newsindia-times.com
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