US NRI Associations and the mayor of Chicago welcome to Dr. Reddy, CM of Andhra Pradesh

Chicago, May 08, 2007
Suresh Patel

Dr. Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh said he and his delegation were received
NRI association of USA hailing from Andhra Pradesh.

On Sunday, the members of the NRI community and the mayor of Chicago Richard Daley welcome to Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy when he arrived on a four day visit to the US. Mr. Richard Daley and his assembly passed a resolution welcoming Rajasekhara Reddy.

The Minister for Agriculture N Raghuveera Reddy, Minister for Major Industries J Geeta Reddy, Minister for IT E Damodar Reddy and other senior officials have also joined him on this trip.

On Monday, the Gulbarga Doctors Association of St. Louis hosted a dinner Dr. Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy

American Telugu Association (ATA), Telugu Association of North America (TANA) and and All India NRIs Association are also working with chief minister for future investment in Andhra Pradesh

Dr. Reddy will attend the Indus Entrepreneurs, semiconductors and manufacturing companies in San Francisco on May 09
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Dr. Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy (born 1949), popularly known as Y.S.R., is the present Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy hails from Pulivendula, a small town from Cuddapah . He is Roman Catholic, his grandfather having been converted by British missionaries.

Reddy belongs to the Indian National Congress party and was elected to the Assembly from the Pulivendula Assembly Constituency. He served as the leader of the Opposition in the House for the previous term during which N. Chandrababu Naidu was the Chief Minister.Y.S.R. is a medical science graduate from the M.R. College of Gulbarga. He did his House-Surgency in SV Medical College, Tirupathi.Upon completion of his MBBS degree, he served as Medical Officer at CSI Campbell Hospital, Jammalamadugu, for a brief period of time.

 In 1973 he established a 70-bed charitable hospital at Pulivendula in the name of his father, Sri Y. S. Raja Reddy. The hospital continues to serve the poor to date.A doctor by profession, Reddy made his debut in politics as a Youth Congress Leader. It is interesting to note that he and his present opponent, TDP President Nara Chandrababu Naidu, made their debut at the same time (1978) in the Andhra Pradesh State Legislative Assembly as young legislators of the Congress party. They both worked together as Ministers in Sri. Tanguturi Anjaiah’s cabinet. Y.S.R. had an active political career over a quarter of a century and has been representing his party on different fora. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Cuddapah constituency four times, and a similar number of times to the Andhra Pradesh State Assembly, from the Pulivendula constituency. He twice served as the APCC President. He remains one of the very few national politicians who have never lost an election.

• A Physician by profession,Dr.YSR is basically a son of the soil; a RAITHU BIDDA in its true sense. Hailing from a drought hit region - the Rayala Seema - he knows the real value of every drop of water
• As the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Dr. Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy stands as an example for
  the down-to-earth administrative capacities while efficiently serving the interests of the people at large.
• Basing on his personal interaction with the old and the aged people of the rural areas during the Prajaprasthanam Padayatra,Dr.YSR enhanced Old age pensions for the needy.
• Second son of Sri Raja Reddy, YSR - born on Eighth of July 1949 - was a natural heir to his father’s legacy. His father had always been a source of inspiration for YSR since his childhood