The neutrality of this article is disputed. Please see the discussion on the talk page. (May 2007) Please do not remove this message until the dispute is resolved.

Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
In office 2004-2009
Preceded by	N. Chandrababu Naidu
Constituency	Pulivendula
Born	8 July 1949 (1949-07-08) (age 59) Pulivendula, Andhra Pradesh
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Vijayalakshmi
Children	Jagan Mohana Reddy(Son),Sharmila(daughter)
Residence	Begumpet, Hyderabad
Religion	Church of South India
Website	http://www.ysr.in
As of 2 October 2006 Source: Government of Andhra Pradesh

Dr Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy (born 8 July 1949), also known as YSR, is the current Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. He represents the Congress party. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Kadapa constituency for four terms and to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly for four terms from Pulivendula constituency.

Education

He graduated in medical science from Gulbarga University and practiced medicine for sometime in his native Kadapa District. The hospital his father built for him at Pulivendula is still running. The YS family also built and ran a degree college and a Polytechnic College at Pulivendula which was later handed over to the Loyola Group of Educational Institutions. Another junior college at Simhadripuram, a small town in the vicinity of Pulivendula, is being run by YS family.^[1].^[2]

Tenure as Leader of Opposition

He was the Leader of the Opposition during the chief ministership of N. T. Rama Rao and N. Chandrababu Naidu until 2004. Prior to the 2004 election he undertook a padyatra(foot march) throughout the state promising several populist schemes. Prominent among these schemes was free power to farmers and a renewed focus on irrigation and villages if elected to power. In face of a 7 year drought and a renewed call for a separate Telangana by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, the Indian National Congress managed to get a clear majority in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly on its own while the Telugu Desam managed only 46 seats.

Tenure as Chief Minister

YS Rajasekhara Reddy was elected as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh by the Legislature party of the Indian National Congress after the later won 185 seats of the Legislative Assembly in the May 2004 elections. ^[3] The Government initially consisted of the Telangana Rashtra Samithi(TRS) which later withdrew its support owing to the lack of progress in the process of formation of a separate Telangana State.^[4]

Having come to power by promising to be a pro-poor and pro-farmer government, he has taken up and implemented several programs for the benefit of the same. Prominent among these schemes include, the Jala Yagnam scheme - aimed at completing all the pending irrigation projects in the state and bring an additional 1 lakh acres of land into irrigation, the Arogya shri scheme - where people from the villages are provided high end emergency medical services, the free power supply to farmers and the 1 kg rice for 2 rupees scheme.

He has initiated the jalayagnam scheme which intends to build large scale irrigation projects in all the three regions of the state.This is the largest development scheme initiated by any other leader who ruled the state.

Several SEZs are approved for the state during his tenure.

References

External links

• Government of Andhra Pradesh - Official profile
• Government of Andhra Pradesh - Contact details
• YSR's official website