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Groomed by a
family deeply involved in public service, YSR entered active
politics in 1978 and contested elections, four times to enter
the State Legislative Assembly and an equal number of times to
enter the Lower House of Parliament. A winner in all that he
does, YSR won all the elections he contested. Even today his
admirers exclaim: "He (YSR) defeats defeat."
During his
25-year-long political career, YSR has served the people in
multiple capacities, both in Government as well as in Party. He
was President of the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC)
twice - 1983-1985 and 1998-2000. During 1980-1983, he was a
minister holding important portfolios related to Rural
Development, Medical & Health and Education etc. From 1999 to
2004 he was the Leader of Opposition in the eleventh state
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As a champion of
the masses, his stentorian voice in the assembly, raised
particularly during debates that sought to lend voice to the
voiceless millions, forced the Government to retrace several
anti-people steps it contemplated. YSR has been instrumental in
orchestrating several mass struggles, while highlighting issues
facing peasants, weavers, Dalits, youth and women.
His relentless
fight for clearance of pending irrigation projects, particularly in the
backward Rayalaseema region, has earned for him a special place in the
hearts of millions of farmers. His unremitting struggle against certain
anti-people economic measures that were sought to be introduced in the
name of "reforms", including the frequent increases in power tariff and
indiscriminate privatization of public sector units, exalted him
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