Barath Rajneeti

Thursday, September 3, 2009

To Sir With Love.. A tribute to YS Rajshekar Reddy

The most shocking and disappointing news to the people of AP and India came this morning as the death of beloved CM Andhra. Dear YS, though we had an ideological differences, sir our thoughts found a confluence in the welfare of people.

Of all the CMs who ruled India, Sir, you are the only one who really deserves to be knighted. Sir, who else in India could have dared to introduce welfare programs in the mass scale as u did. There was no CM in past to who cared so much for the health of people. May be it being a doctor personally that got your attention towards the health of people. Sir, people in lakhs were benefited by the health insurance scheme given by you. Sir you were the first to introduce the 108 service for the emergency health care to the needy.

Sir, I saw a CM by name NT Rama Rao who gave 2 Rs Kg rice in 1980 when rice was 10 Rs Kg in market. But Sir, even when the price of rice went sky rocketing at 40 Rs you filled the stomach of the poor common man of AP. Sir, you were the one who gave pensions to old, and you were the one who gave free power to irrigation purpose. Sir, it was only you who gave the fee waiver to the economically backward sections of society. You were the only CM who built houses for the under privileged and attempted to build houses to the middle class. Sir, you were the only one who cared no critics to implement what you believed is welfare to people.

Sir, there have been people who criticized you giving free perks to people. I also acknowledge the misuse of the schemes. But Sir, all your schemes intended not to lure people with perks, but meet the basic needs of poor and unprivileged. Sir, no country is called developed for the technological advancement alone, when half the population lacks the basic health needs, and is not able to feed one third of population. Sir, you were the one who laid the bricks to the progress of India as a developed country.

Long long ago, Sir I heard that there ruled a king by name Ashoka, who loved his people and dedicated his life for their welfare. The legendry king was praised “Deva naam piya (priya in Sanskrit)”, beloved of Gods. Sir, I know not if he was really loved by Gods, but Sir you are the one who is truly loved by his people and forever you live eternally in our hearts as the Ashoka of modern day.

May your soul rest in peace.

3 comments:

  1. CMs who rules india :O
    OMG!!!!!!!!!! u r a die hard core fan.. the only thing i pity about ys is he was supposed to have a better death not the blowen up one... and stop exaggerating... all this hype is only bcoz he got seats in higher command and what abt sakshi tv and the scams they made... and the shifting of all govt offices from kurnool to kadappa.... to stop making kurnool as head quarters if there was a telangana... and he the modern ashokaaaaaaaaa crapppppp..........i am not giving any names to him like u but he doesn't deserve that....
    one stands tall only by what they have done not by comparing... i didn't expect u such a post for an aspiring MLA....

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  2. Srujan..I have been reading ur blogs ardently for some time now.And the eulogy that you have sung for Dr YSR definitely deserves credit.Keep going man!YSR will live forever in the minds and hearts of the needy and the youth of AP & India that he touched.

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  3. Death immortalizes people,very true. May be he doesn't deserve so much of a praise.He did introduce some good welfare schemes,but all he did was a temporary arrangement to gain votes. His schemes are not a permanent solution at all.
    I do not take the credit away from him because even his temporary arrangement went onto benfit many people. He was an able leader,not as great as u described though !!

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