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| name = Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1950|8|8}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Pulivendula]], [[Madras State]]<br/>(now in [[Andhra Pradesh]], India)<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2019|3|15|1950|8|8}}<br />
| death_place = [[Pulivendula]], [[Kadapa]], Andhra Pradesh, India<br />
| constituency = [[Kadapa (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kadapa]], Andhra Pradesh<br />
| office = Member of the [[Lok Sabha]]<br />
| term = 1999–2009<br />
| predecessor = [[Y. S. Raja Shekhar Reddy]]<br />
| successor = [[Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy]]<br />
| constituency2 = [[Pulivendla (Assembly constituency)|Pulivendla]]<br />
| office2 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly|Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term2 = 1989–1999<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Y. S. Raja Shekhar Reddy]]<br />
| successor2 = [[Y. S. Raja Shekhar Reddy]]<br />
| otherparty = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| party = [[YSR Congress Party]]<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| relations = [[Y. S. Raja Shekhar Reddy]] (brother)<br />[[Y. S. Vijayamma]] (sister in law)<br />
| father = [[Y. S. Raja Reddy]]<br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
| date = 16 September<br />
| year = 2006<br />
| source = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071219123129/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=379 Bio data]<br />
| death_cause = Stabbed to Death, Murder<br />
}}<br />
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'''Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy''' (8 August 1950 – 15 March 2019) was a member of the 14th [[Lok Sabha]] of India. He represented the [[Kadapa (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kadapa]] constituency of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He was a member of the [[Indian National Congress]]. He was brutally stabbed to death at his residence in [[Pulivendula]], [[Kadapa district]] in March 2019.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Being born into a middle class family on 8 August 1950 to [[Y. S. Raja Reddy]] and Y. S. Jayamma, Vivekananda Reddy was the younger brother of the former [[List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh|Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh]] [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]]. He was a graduate in Agriculture from S. V. Agricultural College in [[Tirupati (city)|Tirupati]].<ref>{{cite web|date=15 March 2019|title=Former Andhra Pradesh minister YS Vivekananda Reddy breathes his last|url=https://www.mynation.com/india-news/former-andhra-pradesh-minister-ys-vivekananda-reddy-breathes-his-last-poebll|url-status=live|access-date=2 July 2021|publisher=My Nation}}</ref> He has one daughter.<br />
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=== Family tree ===<br />
{{Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy family}}<br />
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==Political career==<br />
Vivekananda Reddy was the designer of Lingala Canal in Kadapa district. He began his services to the community through the Lions Club, became its district governor and the Samithi president.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}<br />
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He was twice elected as a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] for the [[Pulivendla (Assembly constituency)|Pulivendula]] constituency, in 1989 and 1994.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ysrs-brother-vivekananda-reddy-found-dead-case-for-unnatural-death-filed/articleshow/68427191.cms | title=YSR's brother Vivekananda Reddy found dead, case for unnatural death filed | publisher=[[The Economic Times]] | date=15 March 2019 | access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref> Then, in the [[1999 Indian general election|elections of 1999]], he was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Kadapa constituency with a majority of over 90,000 votes, which was the highest majority gained in the state at that time. In [[2004 Indian general election|2004 elections]] he increased that majority to over 110,000.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}<br />
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In September 2009, he was elected as a member of the [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council]]. On 30 November 2010, he became Agriculture Minister in the Andhra Pradesh cabinet headed by [[Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy|N. Kiran Kumar Reddy]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2019/mar/16/ex-minister-vivekananda-known-as-peoples-leader-1951837.html | title=Ex-minister YS Vivekananda Reddy known as people's leader | publisher=New Indian Express | date=16 March 2019 | access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref><br />
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Later, in 2011, he contested the Pulivendula by-elections caused due to Jaganmohan Reddy and his mother, [[Y. S. Vijayamma]], leaving the [[Indian National Congress|Congress party]] to form YSR Congress Party. He stood as the Congress candidate against his sister-in-law and just managed to secure his [[Election deposit|deposit]] after finishing in second place but some 80,000 votes behind Y. S. Vijayamma.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ysr-congress-leader-y-s-vivekananda-reddy-found-dead-at-home-in-andhra-pradesh-case-of-unnatural-dea-2007898 | title=Jagan Reddy's Uncle Found Dead At Home, Case Of Unnatural Death Filed | publisher=NDTV | date=15 March 2019 | access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref> His sister in law party [[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]] has demanded a [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] probe for investigation.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amaravati/ysrcp-leader-ys-vivekananda-reddy-murdered-in-andhras-pulivendula/articleshow/68428389.cms | title=YSRCP leader YS Vivekananda Reddy murdered in Andhra's Pulivendra | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Sandeep Raghavan | date=15 March 2019 | access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/ysrcp-vivekananda-reddy-death-murder-1478987-2019-03-15 | title=YSR Congress leader Vivekananda Reddy was stabbed to death, confirms forensic report | publisher=India Today | work=Akash Kolluru | date=15 March 2019 | access-date=16 March 2019}}</ref><br />
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== Murder of Vivekananda Reddy ==<br />
As per [[Autopsy|post-mortem]] reports, Vivekananda Reddy has been brutally murdered and found at his residence in Kadapa on 15 March 2019. The murder took place few weeks before the [[2019 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2019 Andhra Pradesh General Elections]]. As per the [[coroner]]'s report, seven stab wounds were found on his body made by a sharp object.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Kolluru|first1=Akash|date=15 March 2019|title=YSR Congress leader Vivekananda Reddy was stabbed to death, confirms forensic report|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/ysrcp-vivekananda-reddy-death-murder-1478987-2019-03-15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427074317/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/ysrcp-vivekananda-reddy-death-murder-1478987-2019-03-15|archive-date=27 April 2020|access-date=10 September 2020|work=India Today}}</ref><br />
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According to reports, he was alone at his residence in [[Pulivendula]] the night before his murder. Two days earlier, he was seen at Jaganmohan Reddy's residence at Hyderabad. YSRCP expressed distrust of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the TDP government and demanded a CBI investigation into the murder.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=HyderabadMarch 15|first1=Akash Kolluru|last2=March 15|first2=2019UPDATED|last3=Ist|first3=2019 21:12|title=YSR Congress leader Vivekananda Reddy was stabbed to death, confirms forensic report|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/ysrcp-vivekananda-reddy-death-murder-1478987-2019-03-15|access-date=2020-09-10|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><br />
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A prime suspect, Srinivasulu Reddy, killed himself by taking sleeping pills. Reportedly, in a suicide note, he alleged he was harassed by the police with false allegations. Another suspect, Parameswara Reddy, an old friend of Vivekananda Reddy, has claimed he was victimised and harassed in the name of the probe.<ref>{{Cite news|date=3 September 2019|title=Vivekananda Reddy murder case prime suspect allegedly ends life|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/vivekananda-reddy-murder-case-prime-suspect-allegedly-ends-life/article29322572.ece|url-status=live|access-date=19 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519171035/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/vivekananda-reddy-murder-case-prime-suspect-allegedly-ends-life/article29322572.ece|archive-date=19 May 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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Jaganmohan Reddy petitioned the [[Andhra Pradesh High Court|High court]] seeking a CBI inquiry into his uncle's murder. After a change of government, in May 2019 he constituted a new SIT of the state police to probe the murder and tried to withdraw his petition in the court demanding CBI probe.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vivekananda Reddy murder case: Andhra CM Jagan requests High Court to end proceedings on his petition|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2020/feb/07/vivekananda-reddy-murder-case-andhra-cm-jagan-requests-high-court-to-end-proceedings-on-his-petition-2100240.html|access-date=2020-09-10|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><br />
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In January 2020, his daughter filed a writ petition in High Court seeking a CBI investigation and expressed doubts over the investigation by SIT. She alleged suspicions of [[Y. S. Avinash Reddy]], who was one of the first to arrive at the murder scene.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-01-29|title=Daughter raises doubts in Vivekananda Reddy's murder case|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/290120/daughter-raises-doubts-in-vivekananda-reddys-murder-case.html|access-date=2020-09-10|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref><br />
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In March 2020, the High Court expressed dissatisfaction over the lack of progress in the investigation by the state police as the murder completed a year. The court ordered CBI to begin the investigation and complete at the earliest.<ref>{{Cite news|date=11 March 2020|title=CBI to probe Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan's uncle Vivekananda Reddy's murder case|work=Hindustan Times|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/cbi-to-probe-andhra-pradesh-cm-jagan-s-uncle-vivekananda-reddy-s-murder-case/story-H0qSofvXcQubYTj1W1RaKM.html|url-status=live|access-date=19 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507033611/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/cbi-to-probe-andhra-pradesh-cm-jagan-s-uncle-vivekananda-reddy-s-murder-case/story-H0qSofvXcQubYTj1W1RaKM.html|archive-date=7 May 2020}}</ref> In June 2021, CBI resumed the investigation which was put on hold due to [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Raghavan|first=Sandeep|date=8 June 2021|title=Andhra Pradesh: CBI resumes probe into Y S Vivekananda Reddy murder case|work=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vijayawada/cbi-resumes-probe-into-vivekananda-reddy-murder-case/articleshow/83319913.cms|access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071219123129/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=379 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]<br />
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