YSR at one of the villages during the jaitra yatra. The response from the electorate was tremendous it gave the Congress a new lease of life even as it showed the TDP the door. He used the opportunity to listen to the grievances of the people, especially the farmers, and blast Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu for making 'false promises.' Photographs: Sreeram Selvaraj Reportage : Shobha Warrier In order to touch base with the voters during the assembly election, YSR embarked on a jaitra yatra - a 1,600-km padayatra - in the intense heat of the Andhra summer. YSR speaks at a public meeting in Karnavarapukota. He is frank and occasionally bursts out, but he never harbours a grudge against anyone.' My son is soft-spoken unless he is angry. In fact, when asked why people call him the 'Cuddapah Tiger', Jayamma says, 'I don't know.

His missionary zeal could be the reason why he seen as a 'militant politician.' It's an epithet his mother cannot understand. YSR made it his mission to revitalise the party. Photographs: Sreeram Selvaraj Reportage : Shobha Warrier After successive defeats at the hustings in 19, the morale of the Congress party in Andhra Pradesh was at an all time low. YSR talks to children at his road show during the assembly election. Now, he often complains to friends that he finds it increasingly difficult to steal a few quiet moments to read. He enjoys reading fiction in the little spare time he gets his favourite author is Mario Puzo, who wrote the hugely popular bestseller The Godfather. A former sportsperson - he was a weightlifter in his student days - he firmly believes in the idiom, 'A sound soul in a sound body.' He is also particular about yoga and meditation. He is a disciplinarian and is both health and hygiene conscious. The aggressive YSR has another side as well.

Rajiv Gandhi appointed him state Congress president - the youngest in Congress history. In 1983, he was re-elected from Pulivendla, Cuddapah. YSR was first elected to the assembly in 1978. YSR addresses a public rally soon after he became the state Congress chief. He married Vijayalakshmi in 1971 they have a son and a daughter. He received his MBBS degree from Gulbarga in Karnataka in 1972. After completing his schooling in St John's at Bellary, he went to Loyola College, Vijayawada.

YSR, who studied at the Jammalamadugu town mission hospital, was considered a 'good student'. According to Jayamma, YSR says, 'Even these are God's people coming from far-away villages. In an interview to, YSR's mother Jayamma said her son occasionally fails to attend Sunday Mass. YSR's grandfather embraced Christianity years ago. Photographs: Sreeram Selvaraj Reportage : Shobha Warrier YSR with wife Vijayalakshmi and son Jaganmohan.

All 16 accused, who belonged to the rival Telugu Desam Party, were acquitted on April 12. He suffered a severe personal blow when his father was brutally murdered in a bomb attack in 1998. YSR continued his father's legacy when he entered politics as a Congress youth leader. His father Y S Raja Reddy, a popular leader, was known for his mercurial dynamism and dare-devilish temperament. YSR had a ringside view of politics even as a child. He comes from a small town in Cuddapah, which falls in the backward Rayalaseema region. Photographs: Sreeram Selvaraj Reportage : Shobha Warrier Andhra Pradesh's new chief minister was born on July 8, 1949. YSR as NCC cadet (inset) and as a participant in a weight-lifting competition. Rajasekhar ReddyFarewell Y.S.R!!.Photographs: Sreeram Selvaraj Reportage : Shobha WarrierД¬lick here to download Y.S.R COMPLETE FUNERAL IMAGE GALLERY FROM HYD TO KUDAPA

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