Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy

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Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy
Member of the Lok Sabha
In office
1999–2009
Preceded byY. S. Raja Shekhar Reddy
Succeeded byY. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
ConstituencyKadapa, Andhra Pradesh
Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1989–1999
Preceded byY. S. Raja Shekhar Reddy
Succeeded byY. S. Raja Shekhar Reddy
ConstituencyPulivendla
Personal details
Born(1950-08-08)8 August 1950
Pulivendula, Madras State
(now in Andhra Pradesh, India)
Died15 March 2019(2019-03-15) (aged 68)
Pulivendula, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India
Cause of deathStabbed to Death, Murder
NationalityIndian
Political partyYSR Congress Party
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress
RelationsY. S. Raja Shekhar Reddy (brother)
Y. S. Vijayamma (sister in law)
Parent(s)
As of 16 September, 2006
Source: [Bio data]

Y. S. Vivekananda Reddy (8 August 1950 – 15 March 2019) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the 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.

Personal life[edit]

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 Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy. He was a graduate in Agriculture from S. V. Agricultural College in Tirupati.[1] He has one daughter.

Family tree[edit]

Template:Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy family

Political career[edit]

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]

He was twice elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Pulivendula constituency, in 1989 and 1994.[2] Then, in the 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 elections he increased that majority to over 110,000.[citation needed]

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 N. Kiran Kumar Reddy.[3]

Later, in 2011, he contested the Pulivendula by-elections caused due to Jaganmohan Reddy and his mother, Y. S. Vijayamma, leaving the Congress party to form YSR Congress Party. He stood as the Congress candidate against his sister-in-law and just managed to secure his deposit after finishing in second place but some 80,000 votes behind Y. S. Vijayamma.[4] His sister in law party YSRCP has demanded a CBI probe for investigation.[5][6]

Murder of Vivekananda Reddy[edit]

As per 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 General Elections. As per the coroner's report, seven stab wounds were found on his body made by a sharp object.[7]

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.[8]

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.[9]

Jaganmohan Reddy petitioned the 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.[10]

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.[11]

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.[12] In June 2021, CBI resumed the investigation which was put on hold due to COVID-19 pandemic in India.[13]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Former Andhra Pradesh minister YS Vivekananda Reddy breathes his last". My Nation. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ "YSR's brother Vivekananda Reddy found dead, case for unnatural death filed". The Economic Times. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Ex-minister YS Vivekananda Reddy known as people's leader". New Indian Express. 16 March 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "Jagan Reddy's Uncle Found Dead At Home, Case Of Unnatural Death Filed". NDTV. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "YSRCP leader YS Vivekananda Reddy murdered in Andhra's Pulivendra". Sandeep Raghavan. The Times of India. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "YSR Congress leader Vivekananda Reddy was stabbed to death, confirms forensic report". Akash Kolluru. India Today. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  7. ↑ Kolluru, Akash (15 March 2019). "YSR Congress leader Vivekananda Reddy was stabbed to death, confirms forensic report". India Today. Archived from the original on 27 April 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  8. ↑ HyderabadMarch 15, Akash Kolluru; March 15, 2019UPDATED; Ist, 2019 21:12. "YSR Congress leader Vivekananda Reddy was stabbed to death, confirms forensic report". India Today. Retrieved 10 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ "Vivekananda Reddy murder case prime suspect allegedly ends life". The Hindu. 3 September 2019. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "Vivekananda Reddy murder case: Andhra CM Jagan requests High Court to end proceedings on his petition". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  11. ↑ "Daughter raises doubts in Vivekananda Reddy's murder case". Deccan Chronicle. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  12. ↑ "CBI to probe Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan's uncle Vivekananda Reddy's murder case". Hindustan Times. 11 March 2020. Archived from the original on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  13. ↑ Raghavan, Sandeep (8 June 2021). "Andhra Pradesh: CBI resumes probe into Y S Vivekananda Reddy murder case". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 June 2021.

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