YSR was leader of reason, dynamism: Sonia
September 3rd, 2009 - 6:31 pm ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi said Thursday that she was “deeply saddened” by the death of Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, who she described as a “leader of reason and dynamism”.
“The Congress is deeply saddened by the untimely death of Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy,” Gandhi told reporters after a condolence meeting of the Congress Working Committee here.
“He was a leader of reason and dynamism,” she said.
Rajasekhara Reddy, popularly known as YSR, and four others died in a helicopter crash in a forested area of Andhra Pradesh.
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