With age changes YSR's mind

DESARAJU SURYA
Hyderabad: Being in power for the past five years, and the possibility that he could set a record of being the longest-serving Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, probably is making Y S Rajasekhara Reddy to amend his thoughts. For, he no longer believes that 60 is the age for politicians to retire. “When I was 50 years old, I thought 60 was the age for retirement. But now I don’t subscribe to that,” Rajasekhara Reddy – who completed 100 days as Chief Minister in his second successive stint -- said in an informal interaction with journalists in the state Assembly today. “People have now started calling me a fitness freak and thus things have changed,” he remarked. Rajasekhara Reddy celebrated his 60th birthday on July 8 this year. He would become the largest-serving Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh if he completes his second full term till May 2014, thus beating his bête noire N Chandrababu Naidu’s record of eight years and nine months.