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Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara (8 July 1949 – 2 September 2009), popularly known as YSR, was a two-time Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, serving from 2004 to 2009. YS was elected to the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th Lok Sabha from the Kadapa constituency for four terms and to the Andhra Pradesh Assembly for five terms from the Pulivendula constituency. He won every election he contested. In 2003 he undertook a three-month-long paadayaatra, or walking tour of 1475 km during the very hot summer months, across several districts in Andhra Pradesh as a part of his election campaign. He led his party to victory in the following general and assembly elections held in 2004, and did the same in 2009. On 2 September 2009, a helicopter carrying YS went missing in the Nallamala forest area. The next morning media reported that the helicopter wreckage had been found on top of Rudrakonda Hill, from Kurnool. The five people aboard were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Army, IAF search for missing Andhra CM as confusion reigns )〕 YS has been accused of amassing large amounts of money during his tenure as the Chief Minister.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/ysr-reddys-sheer-size-of-corruption-shocked-us-diplomats-85356.html )〕 He is said to have used the populist schemes like Irrigation projects and housing schemes to his advantage and earn huge profits through them.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/wikileaks-revelations/graft-during-ysr-rule-was-above-norm-in-india-wikileaks-133754 )〕 In a leaked United States diplomatic cable, the American Consul General quotes that there was "widespread corruption that was beyond the pale even for India".〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ysr-reddy-government-was-engaged-in-corruption-wikileaks/1/151014.html )〕 ==Personal life== YS was married to Vijaya Lakshmi (Y. S. Vijayamma). They had one son, politician Y. S. Jagan Mohan, and one daughter, Y. S. Sharmila. YS's younger brother Y. S. Vivekananda is also a Congress (I) politician. YSR's parents were devout Christians, as was YS, who was buried according to Christian rites. YS visited Bethlehem and other historically important Christian places in Israel twice. He also visited the Hindu temple of Tirupati regularly.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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