CM YSR Reddy's tragic demise is a great loss to nation

The sad demise of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YSR Reddy in a Chopper crash is a great loss to Adhra Pradesh and Congress party in particular and the entire nation in general. He was a true mass leader who had only one mission, that was serving the people. Under the dynamic and courageous and youthful leadership of YSR Reddy, the Congress party threw TDP Chief Naidu out of power by defeating his party in assembly elections in 2004. The sole credit of bringing the Congress party back to power in Andhra Pradesh goes to YSR Reddy. After winning the Assembly elections in 2004, he was sworn in as the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. He remained the chief minister for full term of five years and again the assembly elections in 2008 , the Congress party fought uder his leadership and won the elections. YSR Reddy was again sworn in as the Chief Miniister of the state. The chief characteristic of his personality is his direct laison with the people of the state. He wanted to bring the state of Andhra Pradesh on top of the list of states in the country and to record it as the best administered state. YSR Reddy always kept his hands on the pulse of the people. It is also the credit of the dyamic and courageous leadership of YSR that the Congress party won 33 parliamentary seats from Andhra Pradesh that greatly contributed to the formation of the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre for the second consecutive time. YSR had also commanded great respect among the central leadership of the Congress party in Delhi. He was no longer a state leader but counted among the top leaders of the Congress party in the country. The tragic demise of YSR Reddy is a irrepairable loss for the Congress and it would be very difficul for the party to fill the vacuum created by his sad death.He is irreplaceable. YSR Reddy was the true representative of the Congress in terms of its ideology. He had great faith in secular politics and was a great patron of minority interests in the state. YSR always set his eyes on the development of the poor and downtrodden. The connection of CM YSR Reddy with the people of the state was so strong that he comfortably beat the anti-incumbancy and the campaigning by bollywood stars for the opposition parties in the assembly elections last year. Despite the temptation given by the opposition political parties to the people that they would give them colour television if they voted them to power, the people of the state did not desert YSR Reddy. YSR Reddy was a charishmatic political leader of the Congress party. He was one of the few political leaders of the country whose death is being mourned by his own political party the Cogress as well as the opposition parties equally. The death of YSR Reddy has also exposed that we have still not achieved the desired communication network to have access to every nook and corner of the country. Because the ill-fated Chopper carrying YSR flew off Hyderabad in the morning at 8.30 AM and it lost touch with the radar after 9.30 AM and and the country was in dark to know about YSR Reddy's well-being and about his whereabouts for 26 hours and it ended when the crashed site was sighted by Air Force Helicopter over hilly terrain in Nallahmalah forest region. It is a large tract of land and the ill-fated Chopper was bound for Koonoor village where Chief Minister YSR Reddy had to attend a Public Contact Programme. The inclamant weather was possibly the reason behind the Chopper crash atop hill. Soon after the Chopper went missing, the biggest ever search operation was launched together by Andhra Pradesh government and the Govt. of India and they continued to seach for 26 hours. All the resources of the country was put into seach operation only because a large tract of land in the country is still not covered by any communication network. The Govternment of India must take it seriously and develop the communication network so pervasive that no part of the country reamains untouched. And that will be the true homage to YSR Reddy who was known for the development of the state. He was a visionary leader of great commitment to the state of Andhra Pradesh as well the entire country.