"He is damn tough guy, he will back by morning, don't worry" that’s what I told few of my friends with brave heart when they called me on Wednesday evening.I got a call from my cousin around 3 o clock in the afternoon,and asking me whats the status,i wonder what he was talking about.When he told me YSR chopper did not landed and gone missing,initially i thought it was routine dalay,simultaneously i logged in to some news channels and happy to see and inform my cousin that chopper has made emergency landing due to bad weather and YS is returning safely.But that happiness has not lost for long,with in short time shocking news strikes the news websites,YSR chopper is still not traced.By the time goes on,the situation is becoming more worse,and we were bsuy in exchanging the information with friends and making our own assumptions and going through the live coverage of country biggest ever search operation.
I was expecting the man who defeats the defeat,would defets the death at least this time. I had lot of hopes about his return till Thursday morning but few minutes had completely changed the atmosphere in the whole state.I never thought when first blog was about YS victory,the second would be about his death. When I got a call from my close aide around 10 in the morning saying chopper was traced and YS is no more, Every body's worst fear had come true.it was feeling like...., I could not express, I left with no words. I can understand it’s not only me, but everybody was carrying the same emotions.I remember very well, I cried last time when my friend left me alone in Hyderabad around one year back and it was yesterday again.If some body asks what relation did i share with YS personally as I shared with an idiot who left me alone, I don’t have any answer, but I think the relationship is nothing but sense of belongingness.
Personally I feel there are two leaders in Indian contemporary politics who are bigger than the party which they belongs to, undoubtedly YS tops the list and another one is Mr.Narendra Modi.Unlike Mr.Modi YS emerged as a strong leader in a party which is well know for dissidentism by establishing relations with common man.
YS was kind of man who always walked the talk through out the life irrespective of circumstances ,being a politician it was no way easy and never compromise on his ideologies.Even in death is walked the talk,Once he told every politicians should retire after 60 years and he took the retirement exactly one month after completing his 60 years
India has seen many CM's in its 60 years of post Independence,like who ruled the state for 15 continuous years and have not done anything for the developments,like who start setting up own statues and developing parks on their names, i feel its an insult to YS to compare him with them.The whole country applauds him as one of the best CM's of India But we have seen him as one of the best opposition leaders that India has ever seen.When he under took 1500 km of Padayatra during may and june of 2003 to understand the plight of Andhra formers who were suffering from continious drought for 5 years and committing suicides with the lack of support from govt,no body thought it would produce one of the best CM of india,surely i can say,the padayatra which he under took takes him far away from so called politicians and to emerge as the strongest leader in the country.
For last 15 years,for every congress follower YS was the first priority and congress was secondary,every body worked to see YS as CM.His untimely demise had created such vacuum in the state in which no body can fit in to his shoes.I have no hopes that state will be able to produce another leader like YS in the next 25 years,because YS is the name which is being associated with the people for last 25 years.Form today on words he lives in history as well in hearts of Andhara people forever...
May his soul rest in peace....YS amar rahe.
