Reddy's demise comes as bolt from the blue for Congress
News of YSR's death cast a pall of gloom over AICC headquarters at 24 Akbar Road where the party tricolour flew at half mast.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: Y S Rajasekhara Reddy's sudden death has come as a bolt from the blue for the Congress for which he was one of the leaders who contributed to the UPA coming to power in two consecutive elections.
The news of his death cast a pall of gloom over the AICC headquarters at 24 Akbar Road where the party tricolour flew at half mast.
Reddy helped the Congress come back to power in the 2004 assembly elections in the state, ending a 10-year-long political wilderness for the party, is the refrain of party leaders, small and big.
Their contention is that the void created by the death of the 60-year-old leader was hard to fill in the state where he had made mincemeat of the opposition in the recently concluded Lok Sabha as well as assembly elections.
Andhra Pradesh was the star among the Congress-ruled states as it had given the maximum number or seats both in 2004 and 2009 Lok Sabha elections, paving the way for the UPA's return to power.
Senior leader Motilal Vora recalled how the Chief Minister had met him at the Hyderabad Raj Bhawan last Sunday and told him about his plans of whirlwind tour of the drought-hit districts of the state to give succour to people.
AICC general secretaries Mohsina Kidwai and V Narayansamy said that Reddy's death was a big shock for the party.
Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said that Reddy's example of fast execution of projects was worth emulation for all Chief Ministers.
Deshmukh said the chief minister was a gentle personality, who was always ready to cooperate and find a way out of even ticklish situations.
Condoling Reddy's death, Deshmukh said he was a mass leader whose 4,000 km padyatra brought the party to power in the state in 2004 and his work ensured that he repeated the feat in the just concluded elections.
Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar is leaving for Hyderabad today.
The news of his death cast a pall of gloom over the AICC headquarters at 24 Akbar Road where the party tricolour flew at half mast.
Reddy helped the Congress come back to power in the 2004 assembly elections in the state, ending a 10-year-long political wilderness for the party, is the refrain of party leaders, small and big.
Their contention is that the void created by the death of the 60-year-old leader was hard to fill in the state where he had made mincemeat of the opposition in the recently concluded Lok Sabha as well as assembly elections.
Andhra Pradesh was the star among the Congress-ruled states as it had given the maximum number or seats both in 2004 and 2009 Lok Sabha elections, paving the way for the UPA's return to power.
Senior leader Motilal Vora recalled how the Chief Minister had met him at the Hyderabad Raj Bhawan last Sunday and told him about his plans of whirlwind tour of the drought-hit districts of the state to give succour to people.
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AICC general secretaries Mohsina Kidwai and V Narayansamy said that Reddy's death was a big shock for the party.
Union Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said that Reddy's example of fast execution of projects was worth emulation for all Chief Ministers.
Deshmukh said the chief minister was a gentle personality, who was always ready to cooperate and find a way out of even ticklish situations.
Condoling Reddy's death, Deshmukh said he was a mass leader whose 4,000 km padyatra brought the party to power in the state in 2004 and his work ensured that he repeated the feat in the just concluded elections.
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Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar is leaving for Hyderabad today.
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