Congress demands world class memorial for YSR

Hyderabad: The Congress party on Tuesday demanded that the Telangana government establish a world class memorial for former Chief Minister YS Rajashekhar Reddy.

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) treasurer Gudur Narayana Reddy, in a media statement, said the State government should initiate the process for setting up YSR Memorial by allocating land at an important location in Hyderabad and provide funds.

"It is indisputable that the rule of YS Rajashekhar Reddy was a golden era for the then undivided Andhra Pradesh and people from all regions, especially Telangana, benefitted from his schemes.

Several revolutionary schemes like Fee Reimbursement, four per cent reservation for Muslims, Aarogyasri, etc., helped crores of poor people and they redefined the concept of public welfare," he said.

Since Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao himself has admitted on several occasions that YSR regime was pro-poor, he should take the initiative of setting a memorial to pay tributes to the former Chief Minister, Narayana Reddy said.

He said there was a need to compile the achievements and services of YSR to the people in a proper format so that future generations could learn about them.

"YSR Memorial should be unique and must not be confined to a statue.

State government should constitute a committee to study the proposal in a time bound manner and come up with specific recommendations for setting up YSR Memorial," he advised.