The Man of Action ; Ysr's Tragic End Leaves a Family and the Congress Orphaned.

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He was the ultimate survivor, a politician who never missed an opportunity to maintain his rural connection, and it was that drive which ultimately proved fatal.

A full 24 hours after the biggest search and secure operation in India, the remains of the Bell 430 chopper and the charred bodies of all five passengers were located. It had crashed in squally and wet weather, atop a hillock near Atmakur in Nallamala Hills in Kurnool district. The cause of the crash and possibly serious aviation violations will only be known later but his tragic end leaves the state in shock.

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The Man of Action ; Ysr's Tragic End Leaves a Family and the Congress Orphaned.

Yedugiri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy was no ordinary chief minister. Dynamic, resourceful, a powerful enemy and a valuable ally, YSR, as he was popularly known, was a man of the people in every sense of the term. His sudden exit leaves not just a family orphaned but also the Congress party. It was his performance in the last Lok Sabha polls which proved decisive i...

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