YSR takes a break

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy has gone off to Shimla on a week8217;s holiday after a grueling election campaign. With so much at stake for the party in the state,where it had won 29 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats last time,the Congress CM ran a strenuous campaign. Shortly after the elections were over in the state,YSR rushed to Delhi,briefed the high command,and then went off to Shimla. Interestingly,despite reports that the Congress would put up a poor show in Andhra Pradesh,YSR is believed to have told Sonia Gandhi that the party would improve its present tally by one seat. It8217;s another matter that nobody in the party is ready to believe him.