Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Asides of a tragedy
Within hours of the death of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in a helicopter crash, a section of ruling Congress party leaders here have begun demanding his son Y.S.Jaganmohan Reddy be made the next chief minister.
Some ministers have openly demanded that the young lawmaker be made the next chief minister. A group of federal lawmakers also held a meeting here and decided to take up their demand before Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
"When Indira Gandhi expired Rajiv Gandhi was made the prime minister. Why not Jagan be made chief minister now?" says a cell phone text message being circulated by the younger Reddy's followers.
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Some ministers have openly demanded that the young lawmaker be made the next chief minister. A group of federal lawmakers also held a meeting here and decided to take up their demand before Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
"When Indira Gandhi expired Rajiv Gandhi was made the prime minister. Why not Jagan be made chief minister now?" says a cell phone text message being circulated by the younger Reddy's followers.
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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.
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Labels: aircraft, andhra chief minister dead, andhra pradesh, congress party, congress popular leader, gandhi bhavan, helicopter crash, hyderabad, india, ysr dead body, ysr death, ysr supporters
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