Fact Sheet: CM loyalist gets Advisor post!

Chief Minister Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy has a unique nature: he goes to any extent to help his loyalists and keeps them in high positions, come what may.

The latest person in his list of loyalists is Prof P Gangadhar Sastry. Till recently, Sastry was holding a crucial post in the Union Ministry of Environment as the Chief of Enviromental Clearance Committee. Right from the beginning, Sastry was a fan of YSR and has been in regular contact with him. So, when all the other wings in the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and other departments were putting spokes in giving clearances to the irrigation projects, the Enviromental Clearance Committee granted crucial clearances, thanks to Sastry's initiative. Particularly, Sastry was responsible for giving the clearance for Polavaram and Pothireddypadu projects, the dream projects of the Chief Minister.

Naturally, the Chief Minister was very much pleased with Sastry. After his retirement from his job, YSR brought him to the State, arranged a grand felicitation for him in Jubilee Hall and recommended his name for Padmasri award. And now, Sastry is replacing P Seethapathi Rao as the Chief Advisor for irrigation projects in the State with all powers. Imagine Sastry's luck – he has give green signals to the contractors to take up the projects works, involving crores of rupees. That's YSR!!