HIS GRACE ALWAYS ABOUNDS

RAJASEKHAR REDDY WILL BE DEARLY MISSED

Rajasekhar Reddy, the late chief minister of Andhra Pradesh will be dearly missed and remembered by the people of Andhra for a long time to come. During his term as Chief Minister he did everything in his power to provide a better life for the poorer sections of the state. His healthcare scheme for the poor white ration card holders and educational fee reimbursement scheme and a host of other imaginative and well thought out programmes endeared him to the people. He did not however neglect the middle classes for he took heed of their needs too and met their demands for higher wages and dearness enhancements to meet the rising cost of food stuffs. He caterered to the needs of all sections and the state prospered under him. He had a broad outlook and was not some one who pandered to the demands of people just for political gain. He had a real and driving desire to better the lot of the people of the state. On the minus side he was accused of amassing a huge amount of illgotten wealth but no one could pin anything on him. The collapse of Satyam did cast a bit of a shadow on him but nothing could take away from his popularity and his leadership was lauded by one and all in the country.